In My View It Is Time To

I'd Like Something That Faces Reality. We Have 12 Million People In This Country That Are Undocumented - That's A Reality. It's Not Going To Be Like They're All Going To Leave. One Of The Reasons I'm Holding This Hearing In The Morning Is To Hear From Somebody Who Actually Understands What's Involved Here - Janet Napolitano - And I Hope That From What She Says And What We Hear From Her, We Can Start Building Some Consensus.

We Need To Consider Nominations As Thoroughly And Carefully As The American People Deserve. No One Is Entitled To A Free Pass To A Lifetime Appointment To The Supreme Court.

Of Course No President, Democratic Or Republican - No President - Is Above The Law, As Neither Are You, Nor I, Nor Anyone.

This Is A Time When The Protections Of Americans' Liberties Are Directly At Risk, As Are The Checks And Balances That Have Served To Constrain Abuses Of Power For More Than 200 Years. The Supreme Court Is Relied Upon By All Of To Us Protect Our Fundamental Rights.

The Appointment Of The Next Supreme Court Justice Must Be Made In The People's Interest And In The Nation's Interest, Not In The Interest Of Any Partisan Faction.