Supreme Court nominees should know without any doubt that their job is not to impose their own personal opinions of what is right and wrong, but to say what the law is, rather than what they personally think the law ought to be.
Chuck GrassleyIf I can't negotiate something that gets more than four Republicans, I'm not a very good representative of my party.
Chuck GrassleyThe bottom line is, there have been a lot of nuts elected to the United States Senate.
Chuck GrassleyNominees [to Supreme Court] shouldn't be expected to pre-commit to ruling on certain issues in a certain way. Nor should senators ask nominees to pledge to rule on issues in a particular way.
Chuck Grassley