Patrick Leahy

I should note that this was before Congress passed the Curt Flood Act authored by Senators Hatch and Leahy which made it clear that baseball's anti-trust exemption could not be used to undermine Federal law.

I commend you. I say that in a totally nonpartisan fashion.

If the Constitution guarantees a person the ability to exercise a certain fundamental constitutional right, whatever it might be, and if they say--the court says they're guaranteed that right, these rights are only meaningful if an…

I believe these cases underscore the need for diversity.

I, like Professor Carter, believe that we should not be so myopic as to believe that others of different experiences or backgrounds are incapable of understanding the values and needs of people from a different group.

It is a great tradition.

From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.

This is a hearing of the U.S. Senate. The judge deserves respect. Senators asking questions deserve respect.

Let us not forget that wise men like Oliver Wendell Holmes and Justice Cardozo voted on cases which upheld both sex and race discrimination in our society.

Was the fact that the New Haven firefighters had been subject to discrimination one of the facts you chose not to see in this case?

The Supreme Court then found that the city, and I quote, 'rejected the test results solely because the higher scoring candidates were white.'

I accept the Supreme Court's decision as establishing that the Second Amendment right is an individual right.

I believe Justice Souter had it right.

Wise men have made bad decisions. White men have made decisions favoring minorities.

One of the aspirations of the American judicial system is that it is a place where the powerless have a chance for justice on a level playing field with the powerful.

I agree with Senator Feingold and with Senator Whitehouse.

A judge or a court has to call the game the same way for all sides.

The work of Federal judges from the days of John Marshall to the present, like the work of the English common-law judges, sometimes requires the exercise of judgment--a faculty that inevitably calls into play notions of justice, fairness…

I want to compliment President Obama in forwarding to the United States Senate a nominee, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who is well qualified for our consideration.

Another concern I have about the current Supreme Court is its handling of business cases.

I am heartened by what you bring to the court based on your upbringing, your story of achievement in the face of adversity, your professional experience as a prosecutor and commercial litigator, and yes, the prospect of your being the…

I believe that no one who reads the whole Berkeley speech could honestly come to that conclusion.

These are the words of a thoughtful, humble, and self-aware judge striving to do her very best to administer impartial justice for all Americans.

And you have in all of the statistics indicated that.

You satisfy that. Second, a strong and deep knowledge of the law and the Constitution. You satisfy that.