Patrick Leahy actually said...

"I cannot imagine anybody saying we should go back to Plessy v. Ferguson because that was decided first."

"If you believe that you have a right to fall in love and get married to whomever you wish, you are mostly correct, but only because the Supreme Court intervened on the side of the America people, when..."

"I don't see anything wrong with seeing the way the treaty has been interpreted in other countries."

"I respect your plight and I take so seriously which you pledge to all of us here that you will do your best to consider every case impartially, modestly, with a commitment to principle in accordance w..."