Patrick Leahy actually said...

Judicial activism now has a new guise--judicial activism to pull the country to the right.

I believe we are a better country for the fact that the path of excellence Elena Kagan has taken in her career is a path now open to both me...

I reject the ideological litmus test, from either the right or the left, that some would apply to Supreme Court nominees.

Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.