She's going to have to answer a lot of questions about her judicial philosophy, and I believe that she will be able to do that,
Politics must not undermine the principles and standards we apply to every judicial nomination.
But we must realize, as we have in the past, that simply asking a question does not mean a judicial nominee should answer it.
He's going to have to abide by the canons of judicial ethics, which basically state you never discuss things which might come up before your court in the future, ... no matter how much they badger him or say they aren't going to vote for him.
This vote should have been 100-0. But 78 senators applied the right standard in evaluating a judicial nominee - a nonpolitical standard - and that's a good sign.
These are all people who didn't have one ounce of judicial experience . . . yet rose to be great justices,
We must remember that judicial nominees are constrained in what they may discuss and how they may discuss it.