Absurd Quote by Tom Fitton

While the president is to nominate that individual [to Supreme Court], we in the Senate must provide our advice and consent. This function is…

— Mike DeWine

The Constitution says the President shall nominate, not maybe he could, maybe he can't, he shall nominate. Implicit in the Constitution is that the…

— 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

The president does not have any obligation to make a consensus appointment here. What the president's obligation is, is to pick a judicial conservative,…

— Jay Alan Sekulow

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

I must say I am not pleased to have to arrange the Senate schedule around the availability of Senators who are running for President.

— Arlen Specter

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

If the Left can unilaterally impeach and try to remove a president during an election year, a Supreme Court justice can certainly be appointed…

— Tom Fitton

Nominees [to Supreme Court] shouldn't be expected to pre-commit to ruling on certain issues in a certain way. Nor should senators ask nominees to…

— Chuck Grassley

I saw a Harry Reid statement saying, there's nothing in the Constitution that says the Senate has to act on any presidential nominee. Well,…

— Nina Totenberg

The Constitution gives the president the power to appoint, upon the advice and consent of a majority of the Senate, and it plainly does…

— John Jay Hooker