Al Sharpton Quotes

The Congress has now become a fairly evenly divided entity.

We respect the role of the Senate. We respect the authority of the Senate to look at the qualifications of Judge Roberts, and at the end of the day I'm optimistic that if given a fair hearing and a fair opportunity, that he will be confirmed.

Let there be no reservation or doubt that I believe the Senate should vote on each and every judicial appointment made by the President of the United States and that no rule or procedure should ever stop the Senate from exercising its constitutional responsibility.

There is no government in Europe where ministers go through that kind of confirmation process, which in fact is modeled on the way the U.S. cabinet members are confirmed.

As the House is designed to provide a reflection of the mood of the moment, the Senate is meant to reflect the continuity of the past—to preserve the delicate balance of justice between the majority’s whims and the minority’s rights.

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 on a president and withhold its consent.

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

Now, President Obama has to make a decision. He can either propose a nominee who can win over the majority in the Senate or defer his choice to the voters, who in November will elect a new President and a new Senate, which will be responsible for confirming a nominee who will provide balance to the Supreme Court.

Judges are appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. And it is our duty to ask questions on great issues that matter to the American people and to speak for them.

In pre-Trump Washington where the old rules applied, Rudy Giuliani could never survive the Senate confirmation process.

We've got to look toward two years from now [January 2017] to at least provide some balance in congress.

Sen. Frist has every right, and indeed the duty, to see that every presidential nominee for the Federal bench at every level gets an up or down vote.

We don't have any problem finding enough things to do; the problem we have is making sure we don't overload ourselves inadvertently.

Great is the power, great is the authority of a senate that is unanimous in its opinions.

Too much is a vanity; enough is a feast.

Judicial excellence requires candor before confirmation. We are being asked to give the nominee enormous power.

When the President picks someone who is his ideological soul mate, that's his right, in my reading of "advise and consent." I do think, though, the more you get up the ladder, when someone is no longer accountable to the President, and more importantly, will stay in office after the President, the standard gets tougher and tougher.

I've always thought the American eagle needed a left wing and a right wing. The right wing would see to it that economic interests had their legitimate concerns addressed. The left wing would see to it that ordinary people were included in the bargain. Both would keep the great bird on course. But with two right wings or two left wings, it's no longer an eagle and it's going to crash.

Too few is as many as too many.

If you go back and look at the history of Supreme Court fights from the very beginning there is a corresponding interest, and and the intent of the interest of the Senate with, as it relates to the probability that the next appointee would alter the balance in the court.

Thank God she doesn't have to be confirmed by the Senate.(on the birth of his granddaughter)

The House of Representatives, which was closer to the population, had much less power. The executive was more or less an administrator, not an emperor like today.

It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest.

Go fast enough to get there, but slow enough to see.

As soon as rules were made, names were given. There are already many names. One must know when it is enough.