We must apply a judicial rather than a political standard to the information before us [if choosing a Judge].

The only ones who will see an increase in pay are some of the trial lawyers who bring the cases.

If gun laws in fact worked, the sponsors of this type of legislation should have no difficulty drawing upon long lists of examples of criminal acts reduced by such legislation. That they cannot do so after a century and a half of trying - that they must sweep under the rug the southern attempts at gun control in the 1870-1910 period, the northeastern attempts in the 1920-1939 period, the attempts at both Federal and State levels in 1965-1976 - establishes the repeated, complete and inevitable failure of gun laws to control serious crime.

Under the Constitution, the president, not the Senate, nominates and appoints judges. The Senate has a different role. We must give our advice .

A judicial standard means that a judicious decision can be entirely correct, even when the result does not line up with our preferred political positions or cater to certain political interests.

We're going to find out who did this and we're going after the bastards.

The fact is... our doors have not exactly been knocked down by companies willing to defend Microsofts business practices.