Patrick Leahy actually said...

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

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...

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

By elevating the rights of corporations over the rights of the people, the Court damaged our democracy.