If there is a nuclear tactic being used here, I submit it is the use of that obstruction where a willful minority blocks a bipartisan majority from voting on the President's judicial nominees. |
If we just do what we prepared to do, and that is go forward with the Roberts hearing as scheduled ... we can get him on the court, if that is the will of the Senate, before it reconvenes, |
If you pledge today to rule a certain way on an issue, how can parties to future cases possibly feel that they would ever have a fair day in court? ... Don't take the bait. Do not head down that road. |
If you think about it, the successor to Sandra Day O'Connor should objectively be a lot more controversial than the successor to Chief Justice Rehnquist, ... The successor to Rehnquist . . . won't change the balance of power on these hot-button issues as might Roberts' nomination. |
If you've got air conditioning, clean water, toilets that work where you are, don't come back to Beaumont, |
In my state, from the time ... the most hardened criminals are convicted of the most heinous crimes ... their case is reviewed by not only a jury of 12 of their peers but up to 23 different judges ... perhaps even more. |
In the end, it was clear that this has turned into a very tough, very nasty process, and you have got to really want it to be able to submit yourself to all of this. |
Iraq and Afghanistan alone have been stressful. This doesn't make it any easier. And it probably makes it harder. |
is gaining a new and greater sense of urgency day by day. |
is to make sure that my colleagues do not misrepresent Judge Roberts' views to the American people. |
It does not affect your daily life very much if your neighbor marries a box turtle. But that does not mean it is right. Now you must raise your children up in a world where that union of man and box turtle is on the same legal footing as man and wife. |
It has to do with our suspicion and skepticism of government power being able to take private property. |
It is clear to me that Judge Roberts' history has prepared him well for the honor of serving this country by leading our nation's highest court, and I strongly support his nomination. |
It isn't a crime to make a profit. What can the government do that would be constructive to bringing prices down? |
It sounds like the fight is on, |