“Attorney General Ashcroft's attempts to smear and silence his critics demeans his office, ... We will not be silenced by Ashcroft's politics of intimidation.”
“Ultraconservatives are so determined to swing the Supreme Court to the right that they pounded their own president's nominee into submission and now demand a nominee with unquestioned far-right credentials.”
“Of course membership in or participation in Federalist Society events doesn't disqualify someone from office but it can help people understand the judicial philosophy of the nominee, ... The Federalist Society likes to pretend it's just a debating club, but for last 20 years it has been at the forefront of the efforts to push a right-wing counterrevolution in the courts and undo decades worth of precedent.”
“It makes no sense to divert funds from public schools that are enrolling hurricane victims, just to make President Bush 's far-right political backers happy. This is bad policy.”
“He's very valuable to us. As much as I abhor his politics and his abusive, divisive, intolerant rhetoric, many times he reflects what many in the Republican Party are really thinking. ... He's very candid. Most of those on the right wing are not that open and candid.”
“Terrence Boyle is a judicial disaster. He has the worst reversal rate of all the district judges nominated by President Bush. Senators should take a careful look at Judge Boyle's record and vote to stop him from taking a powerful lifetime appointment on the appeals court.”
“It really is like spontaneous combustion. Everything has been organized virtually from the ground up, and I think everybody, including the celebrities, is just catching up with this movement.”
