Answers Quote by Nancy Keenan

Judge Roberts has assured me personally that he has a healthy respect for precedent and the hard-won rights of Americans.

— Max Baucus

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

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

We respect the role of the Senate. We respect the authority of the Senate to look at the qualifications of Judge Roberts, and at…

— Alberto Gonzales

Even before the hearings that led to confirmation of Chief Justice Roberts, senators were saying they were reserving judgment on how they would vote…

— Dana Perino

Judge [Samuel] Alito, I'll tell you the same thing I told John Roberts. I expect you to adhere to the Code of Judicial Conduct.

— Jon Kyl

Judge Roberts' civil rights record and views remained the most controversial and unexplained part of his record when the Judiciary Committee hearing concluded, just…

— Mel Watt

I was pleased to see that Chief Justice [John] Roberts refused to prejudge issues or make promises in exchange for confirmation votes. We're all…

— Jon Kyl

I stated at Justice [John] Roberts' hearing, the court's injected itself into many of the political debates of our day.

— Sam Brownback

“The dilemma facing Bush and the Republicans was clear. If Marshall left, they could not leave the Supreme Court an all-white institution; at the…

— Jeffrey Toobin

I probably would have voted against Justice Thomas, and, and, and I've been disappointed by what Justice Roberts has done.

— Michael Bennett

It's something, since the nomination and confirmation hearings of Justice Ginsberg, that's really become kind of an unwritten rule, this "I can't answer a…

— Shannon Bream