We'll start hearings at noon on 9 January, |
We're dealing with national security. And we have to find out what happened and let the chips fall where they may. We have to take very, very aggressive action to solve the problems at the Department of Energy. And the initial steps which have been taken are in the right direction. But I do not believe that they have found all the holes yet to actually plug all of those holes. |
We're facing a daunting workload with a very heavy backlog of controversial and contested judicial nominees. |
We're going to have a vote on this one day soon. |
We're not going to start these hearings until you're prepared. And she said November 7th she'd be ready to go. |
We've got the potential for enormous advances in medical science, and we should utilize them, |
What assurances can you give the Senate and the American people that you will be independent, if confirmed, and not give President Bush any special deference on any matter involving him which might come before the court? |
What I do know is that we're going to do it right, and we're not necessarily going to do it fast, |
What I'm referring to are all of the forces which are at work out here commanding media attention and commanding public attention, ... There's been more controversy before this nominee has uttered a formal word than I have ever heard. |
What is happening is escalating, and then there is escalating beyond that. I go back to 1987, when the Democrats won control of the Senate, President Reagan's last two years, and it was tough, but not nearly as tough as it became later. |
What is your thinking on the jurisprudence of U.S. v. Lopez and U.S. v. Morrison, which overturned almost 60 years of Congress' power under the Commerce Clause? |
What you've had here . . . is not a rush to judgment -- it's a stampede to judgment, |
When President Bush selected John Roberts, he disarmed his critics. They went into this war disarmed, ... That's why I would say that if he found someone of the highest caliber (for the next vacancy), he'd be doing the political process, and the court, and the country the biggest favor. |
When that court has secrets, they keep the secrets. Candidly, unlike the Congress. Candidly, unlike the administration. Candidly, unlike all of Washington, perhaps all of the world. |
When the attorney general says the force resolution gives the president the power to conduct these surveillances, I have grave doubts about that. |