A nominee [to Supreme Court] must possess the competence, character and temperament to serve on the bench.

I will vote my hopes and not my fears

Whether interpreting the Constitution or filling in the blanks of a law or a regulation, every word of the court's opinion can widen or narrow our rights as Americans and either protect us or leave us more vulnerable to any winds that blow.

Businesses want to offer solid, affordable health insurance to their employees, but it is getting harder to find every year.

As all of us with any involvement in sports knows, no two umpires or no two referees have the same strike zone or call the same kind of a basketball game

Judicial excellence means that a Supreme Court justice must have a sense of the values from which our core of our political- economic system goes. In other words, we should not approve any nominee whose extreme judicial philosophy would undermine rights and liberties relied upon by all Americans.

When the President makes something a priority, we see action