Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Idaho for his comments. He is one of the most capable lawyers in the Senate. He is a practicing lawyer, clerked on the court of appeals, and is scholarly and careful in what he says. I believe he has raised some very troubling points about this nomination that should be considered. I say to Senator Crapo, I notice today that a single sitting Federal judge in California has just wiped out proposition 8 that was passed by a majority of the people in California. I guess there were millions voting on that, which simply said a marriage should be defined as being between a man and a woman. This judge struck down proposition 8 and, obviously, at some point, this will get to the Supreme Court of the United States, as the Senator well knows. It will go first to the Ninth Circuit, on which the Senator clerked, and then it will go to the Supreme Court probably. We will have the nominee who is before us today who has already demonstrated at Harvard that her views about don't ask, don't tell and similar social and marriage issues involve such strong feelings on her part that she has not been able to follow the law. I am worried about that. I think the American people are worried about that, and I think they have a right to be. Let me talk a little bit about today's decision by a Federal judge in California that was replete, in my view, with results-oriented liberal judicial activism.…”