The thing that has stuck in my craw for the last 18 years is the dissent written by Chief Justice Rehnquist which takes exception to the majority's decision saying they distorted existing precedent.

I am proud to support your nomination based on my personal knowledge of your skills and your temperament and your character and your fidelity to the rule of law.

I am confident that the Senate will find that Judge Kavanaugh will faithfully and fairly interpret the Constitution and the laws of this great Nation.

Our Constitution provides for a Federal Government of limited and delegated powers with a Bill of Rights to further protect our individual liberties.

The level of disingenuousness and hyperbole even by today's standards is extraordinary.

Upholding and enforcing this distinction between legislators and judges was the great project of the late Justice Scalia's career.

It is hard to take it seriously when every single one of our colleagues in the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Democratic side have announced their opposition to this nominee even before today's hearing.

This is the first confirmation hearing for a Supreme Court Justice I have seen basically according to mob rule.

In my view, it is not because your opponents do not know enough about you. It is because they do know all they need to know.

The legislature to enact laws, the executive to enforce them, and the judicial branch to settle disputes about the meaning of those laws and the Constitution.

We are not a police state.

I was disappointed to see last night that some of our colleagues are unwilling or unable to conduct themselves in this hearing with regular order.