Patrick Leahy actually said...

"the courts are--and they were set up this way by the founders of the country--they are the one undemocratic part of our government."

"We tried very hard to have judges looked at as judges and to get out of partisan politics."

"Jeffrey Viken's wide-ranging experience makes him particularly qualified to serve as a judge."

"Judge Martin is the fourth of President Obama's circuit court nominees to come before the Committee."