Patrick Leahy actually said...

"we have an obligation not to base our decision on empty political slogans or on charges of guilt by association or on any litmus test."

"The Supreme Court, in Brown v. Board of Education, rejected the notion of separate but equal, and helped move our Nation forward toward a more perfect union."

"a Senator's constitutional obligation to advise and consent on Supreme Court nominees is probably his or her most important responsibility."

"If you believe that you have a right to fall in love and get married to whomever you wish, you are mostly correct, but only because the Supreme Court intervened on the side of the America people, when..."