If the defense of South Korea depends primarily on land mines, then that’s no real defense.

There are a lot of good legal thinkers who question the reasoning that went into Roe, not the result, but the reasoning, … Is this, in his mind, settled law? He is going to be...

Our federal laws do not need to reach each and every minor, inadvertent, and harmless computer abuse,

Our criminal justice system is not working as it should when innocent people are convicted of serious crimes and then spend decades — or have even reached the end of death row — before the...

I want an end to this thing. But where are we? Do we know what the rules are going to be?

The Judiciary Committee has been hard at work preparing for expedited hearings on this important nomination, and there is no doubt that this last-minute revelation is a hindrance to that preparation,

regrettable that they were not able to take the time to review the documents that now have been provided to the Senate.

Are you sending us a message?

This is a needlessly provocative nomination. Instead of uniting the country through his choice, the president has chosen to reward one faction of his party, at the risk of dividing the country.

At a time when the Republican Party has control of all three branches of the federal government, my worry is that the system of checks and balances may become short-circuited,

I’m hoping that the one bright light in all of this might be that this letter will give us further evidence to find out who is doing this, … You’re looking for a needle in...

Although electronic commerce is beginning to blossom, it is still in its infancy. Stability is the key to its reaching its full potential, and creating new tax categories for the Internet is exactly the wrong...

We will be going on a very fast pace. But we’re doing one that is reasonable.

It appears that the letter sent to me may contain enough spores to kill well over a 100,000 people, but it also may well have evidence, fingerprints or anything else,

We’ve given billions of dollars to the Department of Homeland Security. I voted for those billions of dollars as a member of the Appropriations Committee. We have given as many tools as they’ve asked for....

I have not reflexively opposed conservative nominees. I have drawn the line only at those nominees who are extreme … in the mold of activists,

Those papers that we have received paint a picture of John Roberts as an eager and aggressive advocate of policies that are deeply tinged with the ideology of the far right wing of his party...

It’s not fair to talk about reasons for an executive session,

We’re not trying to appoint judges, but we also feel that advise and consent does not mean appoint and rubber stamp. And we will make sure it’s a balanced judiciary.

may make us feel good, but threatens to drive off the Internet and computer networks an unimaginable amount of valuable political, artistic, scientific, health-related and other speech.

I’m probably one of the millions of Americans who were distressed when we learned your story,

Taking away our rights does not make us safer.

While we have made some progress, much is left to be done.

The balance and direction of the court are now at issue with two vacancies.

The president has said we’re not going to engage in torture under any circumstances. And so you’re asking me to answer a hypothetical that is never going to occur.

These answers do not help the Senate much in reaching an informed decision about this nomination.

For the Bush administration and Republican congressional leaders to allow the Patriot Act to expire would be irresponsible.

It’s a marked departure from existing practices and raises a wide range of legal and constitutional questions and international implications,

It’s not working when those in prison for capital and other serious crimes cannot use existing evidence for DNA tests that might have proven their innocence.

Fox News Sunday.

I don’t think a Supreme Court [nomination] hearing is a game of gotcha. I’d really like to know what he thinks.

I don’t want to know my info is being sold in some chat room in Eastern Europe because some company handled it improperly,

[But the fact is, the two often do agree–or they agree to disagree and move on.] I couldn’t be happier, unless of course we were in the majority and I was chairman, … Things move...

does not provide nearly enough resources to respond adequately to the multitude of threats we face around the globe.

I find many terms to be confusing, subject to manipulation or worse.

come on up here and make sure that the Congress will actually back up that money.

were a bad idea in the first place, they’re a bad idea today, and they’ll be a bad idea tomorrow.

Frankly, had Chief Justice Roberts been rammed through on an accelerated schedule that some in the White House wanted, he would not have gotten anywhere near the number of votes he got.

Only by doing so can we note the true cost of war and we can properly dignify and honor each person killed or wounded as an individual — as a father, a son, a daughter,...

At his age, we could see him for 25 or 30 years. This affects us, it affects our children, it affects our grandchildren.

handling of information relating to this important nomination is extremely disappointing.

But in my judgment, in my experience, especially in my conscience, I find it better to vote yes than no.

This is a commonsense solution that gives the Senate more time to craft a consensus bill that will promote our security while preserving our freedom.

If the United States wants to get involved in guerrilla warfare around the world, we ought to ask ourselves very carefully whether that makes sense and what our stakes are in it. We didn’t ask...

flouts (the First Amendment) for the sake of political posturing and in the name of protecting our children.

it is too early to reach any firm judgement about such an important nomination.

This is important for the families of those who were killed or disappeared, as well as for the cause of international justice. By exposing the truth about what happened we can help prevent future atrocities.

Many would say that amount is negligible. Where does the rest of it go?

That is as staged a photo op as you’ll have,

This was the memo that basically justified the United States be involved in torture,