Power Quote by Adam Cohen

The Senate Majority Leader has the unilateral ability to stand up and say, 'If you defy Congress, if you defy the Constitution, if you…

— Ted Cruz

When the Senate ceases to engage nominees in meaningful discussion of legal issues, the confirmation process takes on an air of vacuity and farce,…

— Elena Kagan

When the Senate ceases to engage nominees in meaningful discussion of legal issues, the confirmation process takes on an air of vacuity and farce,…

— Elena Kagan

The Constitution gives the president the power to appoint, upon the advice and consent of a majority of the Senate, and it plainly does…

— John Jay Hooker

Nominees [to Supreme Court] shouldn't be expected to pre-commit to ruling on certain issues in a certain way. Nor should senators ask nominees to…

— Chuck Grassley

Let there be no reservation or doubt that I believe the Senate should vote on each and every judicial appointment made by the President…

— Johnny Isakson

I understand the politics of the situation, I think that many Republican members of the senate believe that,get out the vote move. They can…

— Martha Minow

It is plain that, when it comes to inferior officers, Congress itself can pass a law sending these nominees to the President with him…

— John Jay Hooker

No matter how badly senators want to know things, judicial nominees are limited in what they may discuss. That limitation is real, and it…

— Orrin Hatch

I want to remind all Americans that the Senate has a very important responsibility to confirm only well- qualified individuals who will faithfully interpret…

— Chuck Grassley

We work for the public, and I believe that if a senator wants to block a piece of legislation or a nominee, they owe…

— Claire McCaskill

Senators should not play politics by threatening filibusters and evaluating Judge Gorsuch based on what his policy preferences are or how he might come…

— Thom Tillis