Patrick Leahy actually said...

"It has taken politics completely out of our judicial system."

"I think these types of attacks reveal the misguided notion that Justices and judges owe some allegiance to the President who appointed them or to a political party."

"How we are guided by the Constitution, and how that Constitution has served over the years to make our great Nation more inclusive."

"I said, 'Well, yes, it happens all the time.'"