Control Quote by Ron Johnson

How Obama approaches judicial selection - and how Republicans respond - now becomes an important story and will remain so until the Senate shuts…

— Terry Eastland

I would hope that the Senate would do its job and confirm the nominee that President [Barack] Obama has sent to them. That's the…

— Hillary Clinton

With Republicans in control of the Senate for the first time since Barack Obama took office, the president may find it harder to appoint…

— Terry Eastland

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

The president has the right to select who he wants for the Supreme Court. He doesn't have to get it cleared from Congress, Senate…

— Montel Williams

Any Supreme Court confirmation needs to be a thoughtful process, with full respect for the separation of powers outlined in the Constitution.

— Cathy McMorris Rodgers

When it comes to the Supreme Court, the American people have only two times when they have any input into how our Constitution is…

— Mike DeWine

Well, I believe that when you are confirming a United States Supreme Court Justice, that it really isn't Democratic or Republican; it's American.

— Arlen Specter

Filling a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court is a solemn process for our nation, and I hope Senate consideration of Judge Barrett will…

— Cindy Hyde-Smith

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

Whether it's before the election or after the election, the principle is the American people are choosing their next president and their next president…

— Mitch McConnell

That Republicans now control the Senate means, of course, that they control the confirmation process. Their majority enables them to stop an unacceptable nomination…

— Terry Eastland