Orrin Hatch: “That is right. They did treat Roberts differently, no question about it. They gave him a rough time, too. Miguel Estrada…”

“That is right. They did treat Roberts differently, no question about it. They gave him a rough time, too. Miguel Estrada is in a league of his own in the way he was mistreated, but Roberts was mistreated, too. Roberts sits on the Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia after having been unanimously approved here. Let's talk about how important that is. We have had 40 rollcall votes on the floor. You talk about delays. You talk about fouling up this body. We have had 40 rollcall votes on people who got unanimously confirmed. Can you imagine what it takes to go through 40 rollcall votes? It slows down the Senate like you can't believe, and muscles up the Senate like you can't believe. It is all a big game to try and make this President not successful. But Miguel Estrada had to go through that as well. ...was denied an opportunity to get an up-or-down vote on the Senate floor by the creation of a standard that was not applied at the very same time to another nominee who was not a minority.”