We must take proactive steps to promote democracy and human rights abroad.

I want to note that, historically, the make-up of the court has changed just as elected branches have change.

You can look at founding father Alexander Hamilton nevertheless assuring - assuring - the countrymen in Federalist 78 that the role of the federal courts under the proposed Constitution would be limited.

I went to a number of foreign countries, and during whenever I went, I would try to go to an orphanage or a home for children. And I was seeing thousands of kids around the world that needed homes.

Everybody will say that they're not opposed to immigration; they're opposed to illegal immigration. That's what I'm saying.

Seats on the [Court] bench are not reserved for causes or interests. They're given to those who will uphold the rule of law so long as the nominee is well-qualified to interpret and apply the law.

Most Americans want judges who will stick to interpreting the law rather than making it.