Tens of thousands of documents have already been released more than any Supreme Court nominee in history, ... And with each new release of information, it's growing increasingly difficult for the president's opponents to complain with a straight face about the need for more information.
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I did not have that conversation when I visited with him, ... But I had a conversation with the White House today about this subject -- and I'm not at liberty to divulge who the person is -- but I was assured by somebody who was in the room during visits with other senators that he considers one man, one vote a bedrock of our system. I was told he discussed it with Senator Kennedy.John Cornyn
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.
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One of the dangers of being here the Senate a while is you may have been on record directly and diametrically opposed to what one is saying today.
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For the past three decades, William Rehnquist did not simply serve on the bench. He truly loved and revered the court, as only a devoted scholar and student of that great institution could. His dedication was unrivaled,
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Just because we are curious does not mean that our curiosity should be satisfied. You have no obligation to tell us how you will rule on any issue that might come before you if you sit on the Supreme Court.
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Others do not want to touch it, including Sen. Patrick Leahy (Vt.), the committee's ranking Democrat, who also is a Catholic. Just as we're supposed to be colorblind, we should be religious blind, ... We have no religious test for public office ... and I think anyone would find that sort of inquiry, if it were actually made, offensive.
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