"That`s an abrogation of everything the Senate should stand for. You had a Republican member who went way over the time allotted and ignore the rules of the committee, badgered the nominee with would not even let her answer the questions and I`ve never seen anything like that. I`ve been here 48 years..."
"I couldn’t help but think, was this aimed for this hearing or aimed for a political campaign? What are some of these senators doing? Making sound bites for their political campaigns, some of them runn..."
"And it also guarantees that our Constitution is going to be followed."
"You know, any time I had an opportunity to argue a case at an appellate level, I don't think I ever thought about who nominated or appointed the judges I was before."
"I contrast that with Republicans' treatment of then Judge Merrick Garland. We're still waiting today for Republicans to explain on the record what kind of substantive concerns they had with Merrick Ga..."
"One doesn't have to have the same political beliefs or ideologies as a judicial nominee to recognize their integrity and intellect."
"Now that's a statement from the largest law enforcement labor organization in the United States."
"if you work across the ideological spectrum, you get better results."
"Any nomination--any nomination--to the Court is historic."
"I believe that your experience as a Federal public defender has made you a better judge, helped you maintain impartial and balanced perspective in criminal and other cases."
"What do you say to people who say you're soft on crime or even anti-law enforcement because you accepted your duties as a public defender?"