I respect people who feel things passionately. I do. But when someone is a judge, that is not what they should bring to the bench. It is not really passion, except in rare instances, that serves the bench well. It is, rather, an ability to understand the law and follow it.

I think there's going to be a lot of Americans who are really willing to be much more active than they were before, because they're worried about where Trump is headed.

You know, my name .... comes from the word shomer, guardian, watcher. My ancestors were guardians of the ghetto wall in Chortkov. And I believe Hashem [Orthodox for God] actually gave me that name. One of my roles, very important in the United States senate, is to be a shomer - to be a or the shomer Yisrael. And I will continue to be that with every bone in my body.

Certainly any president - Democrat, Republican, liberal, conservative - should keep an open mind until they get the briefing.

We tend to talk, Democrats, as a party, in legislative terms.

I'm totally opposed to vouchers. I will fight them tooth and nail.

Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.