For 70 years there's been a consensus among scholars and the American people on a reading to the Constitution that protects the right of privacy, the autonomy of individuals, while at the same time empowering the federal government to protect the less powerful.

Partitioning Iraq is inevitable, as shown by history.

If we wait for the danger to become clear, it could be too late.

US worse off than before Saddam because US lost credibility.

But all our differences hardly measure up to the values we all hold in common.

Barack and I see a future... where no one, no one is forced to live in the shadows of intolerance.

This [Judge Samuel Alito] may be one of the most significant or consequential nominations that the Senate will vote on since I've been here in the last three decades.