Russ Feingold

But what would be the general test for incorporation?

And frankly, Judge, I probably would say the same thing if I were in your shoes, given----

Good judges understand that their job is not to impose their own personal opinions of right and wrong.

Her qualifications for the Supreme Court would ordinarily be a no-brainer but for the politics of judicial nomination.

It certainly looks, if you read the record, that the court is about ready to upset the Voting Rights case.

When the Supreme Court declares that the Constitution evolves--and it declares further that foreign law may affect its evolution--it is declaring nothing less than the power of foreign governments to change the meaning of the United States…

It is my belief that the Constitution and Bill of Rights were created to be living documents that stand together as the foundation for the rule of law in our nation.

A jury in West Virginia returned a $50 million verdict for a large coal company, and pending the appeal, the company's CEO spent $3 million to elect an attorney named Brent Benjamin to the state supreme court.

I hope when you go into these deliberations about cameras in the courtroom, that you consider the possibility that I, and other Americans, would like the opportunity to observe your skills for many years to come in the comfort of our…

That is why I suggest to everyone watching today that they be a little wary of a phrase that they are hearing at this hearing: 'judicial activism.'

I appreciate your patience.

But isn't there a danger here that if you don't have this incorporated against the States, that we'd have this result where the citizens of DC have a constitutional right to have a handgun, but the people of Wisconsin might not have that…

I consider this a significant case that bears upon the flood of special interest money that threatens to undermine public confidence in our justice system.

The decision itself moved our nation forward by correcting grievous wrongs that were built into the law.

I am afraid our system will only be further corrupted, I have to say, as a result of President Obama's views that, in tough cases, the critical ingredient for a judge is the 'depth and breadth of one's empathy,' as well as, his word…

It is a great honor for Judge Sotomayor that President Obama has nominated her to the United States Supreme Court.

The liberties in our Constitution have their boundaries defined, in the gray and overlapping areas, by informed judgment.

It said 'no' to the Bush Administration's view that it could set up a law-free zone at Guantanamo Bay.

I swell with pride when I contemplate the possibility that my high school classmate may ascend to the highest court in the land.

I think that's not a question of a hypothetical, that's a factual question about what the history of the case law is.

I hope we will take that chance and you will be asked hard questions.

The Supreme Court denied an opportunity for those families who had suffered grievously from having their day in court.

It said no to the Administration and to Congress when they tried to strip the constitutional right to habeus corpus from prisoners held at Guantanamo.

Does it strike you as odd that a complex legal analysis of the anti-torture statute, or the FISA Act, that considers whether the President could violate those statutes would not even mention the Youngstown case?

Will you use your broad discretion to advance the promises of liberty and justice made by the Constitution?