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.

Judge [Samuel] Alito, I'll tell you the same thing I told John Roberts. I expect you to adhere to the Code of Judicial Conduct.

That claim was not intended to be a factual statement.

Real leadership means tackling tough problems ourselves and not leaving them to our children.

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].

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.

Continuing to pay people unemployment compensation is a disincentive for them to seek new work.