In recent years, even as the court has become an increasingly political body, the Senate is not focused on preserving any perceived ideological balance when Democrat presidents have appointed people to the court.

What I find is most people have a civics book understanding for how Congress works and how a bill moves.

I believe, assume the power to decide more political than legal issues in nature, the people naturally focus less on the law and more on the lawyers that are chosen really to administer the law.

I stated at Justice [John] Roberts' hearing, the court's injected itself into many of the political debates of our day.

We must do everything we can to be more aggressive in confronting Syria about what they are doing in Iraq.

Let's create a legal system that can work.

I always think that the party that offers the most hope and ideas for the future is the party that wins.