• The American people deserve a Supreme Court justice who can demonstrate that he or she will not be beholden to the president, but only to the law.

    Patrick Leahy: The American people deserve a Supreme Court justice who can demonstrate that he or she will not be beholden to the president, but only to the law.
    "U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court". www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.