I hope you felt that it has been a fairly conducted hearing. That has been my goal.

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…

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?

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.

One attack that I find particularly shocking is the suggestion that she will be biased against some litigants because of her racial and ethnic heritage.

And you have in all of the statistics indicated that.

Let me make very clear: There will be no outbursts allowed in this Committee, either for or against the nominee.

I hope Judge Sotomayor will answer all questions as fully as possible.

And you have both of those.

Judge Sotomayor's qualifications are outstanding.

The President has done his part. He has made a historic nomination. Now the Senate has to do its part on behalf of the Senate people--on behalf of the American people.

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…

Our Constitution is interesting in this regard. We have over 300 million Americans, but only 101 people get a chance to say who is going to be on the Supreme Court.

If confirmed, you will join the Supreme Court with more Federal judicial experience than any Justice in the past 100 years.

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.

I believe Justice Souter had it right.

We need--and we deserve--to know what you think about fundamental issues such as civil rights, privacy, property rights, the separation of church and state, and civil liberties, just to name a few.

No one, including the President, has the right to require ideological purity from a member of the Supreme Court.

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

I am wary of judicial activism and I believe in judicial restraint.

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

I believe this comment embodies what President Obama intended when he said he wanted a nominee with 'an understanding of how the world works and how ordinary people live.'

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

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.

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