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I find it hard to believe that Senators or the American public will classify Sotomayor as unqualified, particularly given the thin credentials of many…

— David Stras

To hear both critics and defenders talk about the fitness of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court, you'd think the most successful Supreme…

— Noah Feldman

Conservatives like to insist that their judges are strict constructionists, giving the Constitution and statutes their precise meaning and no more, while judges like…

— Adam Cohen

We made history when President Obama appointed Sonia Sotomayor, a proud Latina, the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice. And as the President likes to…

— Charlie Gonzalez

In my first week as a U.S. senator, I had the privilege of participating in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor.

— Al Franken

It is hard to see Judge Roberts as a judicial activist who would place ideological purity or a particular agenda above or ahead the…

— Ron Wyden

A judicial activist is a judge who interprets the Constitution to mean what it would have said if he, instead of the Founding Fathers,…

— Sam Ervin

It's always interesting to see what judges do when their legal philosophy conflicts with their political views.

— Jeffrey Toobin

Any successful nominee should possess both the temperament to interpret the law and the wisdom to do so fairly. The next Supreme Court Justice…

— Bennie Thompson

Some liberal interest groups have come out in full force and have attempted to paint Judge [Samuel] Alito to be an extremist and to…

— Chuck Grassley

“Judges ought to remember that their office is to interpret law, and not to make law, or give law.”

— Francis Bacon

I want judges on the Supreme Court who will not use that position to impose their personal policy preferences or political agenda on the…

— John Cornyn