It's even more important for the integrity of the country if there are conflicts of interest in an administration, if there are things being done that they shouldn't do - and I hope there won't be, but if there were, you have to go and prosecute.

I don't want somebody as attorney general who thinks he has to rubberstamp whatever the president says.

Of course no president, Democratic or Republican - no president - is above the law, as neither are you, nor I, nor anyone.

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor serves as a model Supreme Court justice, widely recognized as a jurist with practical values, a sense of the consequences of the legal decisions being made by the Supreme Court.

I think that we should not delay for the sake of delay, but delay until questions are answered.

This is a time when the protections of Americans' liberties are directly at risk, as are the checks and balances that have served to constrain abuses of power for more than 200 years. The Supreme Court is relied upon by all of to us protect our fundamental rights.

We've won wars before and we've certainly retained our rights as Americans.