Patrick Leahy actually said...

"I cannot imagine anybody saying we should go back to Plessy v. Ferguson because that was decided first."

"It is a fair question to ask a nominee in what direction would you move the Court."

"They assured Senators that as lawyers for a Presidential administration they were representing the views of the President."

"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."