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.

I enjoyed working with Ted Kennedy.

Unborn children can experience pain even more so than adults as the baby has more pain receptors per square inch than at any other time in its life.

The people believed that while the courts would be independent, they would defer to the political branches on policy issues.

History has shown that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg did, in fact, dramatically change the balance of the court in many critical areas, such as abortion, the privacy debate expansion and child pornography.

I think we just need to stick to our knitting on the topics and the subjects the American people care about.

As we consider the fast pace of scientific and technological progress in our modern world, we must not lose our moral compass and give way to 'free market eugenics'.