Orrin Hatch: “He has answered the questions in writing as well as orally in a very lengthy hearing. Is the Senator aware at any time…”

“He has answered the questions in writing as well as orally in a very lengthy hearing. Is the Senator aware at any time in history--I am sure he is not--where a fishing expedition has been allowed into the Solicitor General's confidential privileged memoranda, on all appeals, certiorari, and amicus curiae recommendations? That has never happened in the history of this country. I have offered to the side of the distinguished Senator to make available, if there are specific questions, I would go to the White House and see what I can do. But never has there ever been allowed a fishing expedition into all of these very privileged documents without some reason for authorizing it, and there is no reason offered by my colleagues on your side.”