Benches Quote by John Jay Hooker

The Frist fairness rule guarantees up-or-down votes for every circuit court or Supreme Court nomination, regardless of which party controls the Senate or the…

— Mitch McConnell

Now I have known Sen. Bill Frist, the Majority Leader of the United States Senate, since he was born.

— John Jay Hooker

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

Senator Frist is a good man, he's simply advocating a bad policy.

— Tom DeLay

America deserves a nominee who reveres the law, not one whose service on the bench is conditioned on political promises.

— John Cornyn

Deciding whether to confirm a president's nominee for the highest court in the land is a responsibility I take very seriously.

— Bill Nelson

And the president is all wrong when he maintains that a nominee should have an up-or-down vote. The Constitution doesn't say that. The Constitution…

— Robert Byrd

I know that the president will listen to what Senator Frist has to say. I'm not saying he's going to agree with it. But…

— Arlen Specter

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…

— Sam Brownback

I would never filibuster any President’s judicial nominee, period. I might vote against them, but I will always see they came to a vote.

— Saxby Chambliss

Ideological warriors whether from the Left or the Right are bad news for the bench. They tend to make law, not interpret law. And…

— Anonymous

The ones who are in the Senate have to have a position.

— Amy Walter