Balance Quote by Joe Biden

In recent years, even as the court has become an increasingly political body, the Senate is not focused on preserving any perceived ideological balance…

— Sam Brownback

Senator, my answer is that the independence and integrity of the Supreme Court requires that nominees before this committee for a position on that…

— John Roberts

Justices are not politicians. They don't run on a political platform, and senators should not ask them to do so.

— John Cornyn

I think that the justices were totally answering the way that they should. I think that the senators, as best I could tell, for…

— Fred Thompson

Under the Constitution, the president, not the Senate, nominates and appoints judges. The Senate has a different role. We must give our advice .

— Orrin Hatch

We often imagine that the court serves as a sort of neutral umpire controlling the warring political branches. But this is mostly myth. The…

— Noah Feldman

It is a president's constitutional right to nominate a Supreme Court justice, and it is the Senate's constitutional right to act as a check…

— Mitch McConnell

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

This is the most historic moment in Supreme Court history in our lifetime, no question about it. These are justices who are going to…

— Jay Alan Sekulow

Having been on the front lines of the confirmation battles involving Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito, I know firsthand what is at stake…

— Wendy Long

The Senate should consider a rule ensuring that every judicial nominee receives a vote by the Senate within 180 days of being nominated by…

— Brett Kavanaugh

Voting on a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court is one of the most important duties of a U.S. Senator.

— Cindy Hyde-Smith