Decades Quote by Joe Biden

Judge [Samuel Alito], there's a genuine struggle going on well beyond you, well beyond the Congress, in America about how to read the Constitution.

— Joe Biden

A Senate vote on gay marriage is a destructive pretension against the plan of God

— Pope Francis

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

Despite his infirmities, Strom Thurmond showed up to work every day and did not miss a Senate vote in his final year, though no…

— Jon Stewart

When Ronald Reagan nominated Jeff Sessions for federal district court judgeship, the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected his nomination.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

I accept the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, to represent the State of Illinois.

— Alan Keyes

Now that Mr. Trump is the President-elect: If he chooses, he can, by executive order, repeal most of what President Barack Obama brought into…

— Louis Farrakhan

I'm very disturbed at the picture that was painted by Senator Ted Kennedy that Samuel Alito is not a man of his word, that…

— Tom Coburn

Judge [Samuel] Alito should see criticism as a badge of honor worn by many past and present members of the Court.

— Chuck Grassley

In an era when America is still too divided by race and by riches, Judge [Samuel] Alito has not written one single opinion on…

— Edward Kennedy

I believe you [Samuel Alito] and others would look and say that the role of the courts is limited and it's not to decide…

— Sam Brownback

“In his 2010 State of the Union address, Obama made headlines by denouncing the Court’s decision, saying that it “reversed a century of law…

— Jane Mayer

I can still remember the day, as an assistant U.S. attorney, when I stood up in court for the first time and I proudly…

— Samuel Alito

As a government lawyer, Samuel Alito wrote that he personally believe very strongly the Constitution does not protect the right to an abortion.

— Dick Durbin

The real debate is we've had an activist court, and the American people don't want an activist court. And the real fear from those…

— Tom Coburn