No judicial nomination should answer any question that is designed to reveal how the nominee will rule on any issue that could come before the court.

The death tax is unfair, inefficient, economically unsound and, frankly, immoral.

The key thing is to ensure that we give the criminal-justice system the tools it needs, so that women's rights are turned into reality. It is not enough to say domestic violence is a crime ?- in order for the laws to be successful, lawyers and courts must have the necessary means to prosecute it.

It seems that immigrants often have a special understanding of the incredible opportunities that this nation affords its citizens.

It would be hard to find a more compelling example of the American dream than Alberto Gonzales.

It ought to be done by the elected officials themselves because they have the credibility. And it's not like we aren't willing to help.

Indeed, only one Supreme Court justice in history, one Horace Lurton, nominated by President [John] Taft, had more federal appeals court experience [than Samuel Alito].