Patrick Leahy actually said...

"We are a democracy. Let's have checks and balances, not secret orders and secret courts."

"The new documents showed Alito to be an eager and early partisan in the ranks of ideological activists in his party's extreme right wing."

"No one is entitled to a free pass to a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court."

"The Justice Department in the first Bush term was the least accountable Justice Department in my lifetime. Meaningful oversight and accountability were thwarted for years. We will be looking to see if..."