37 Quotes by Richard Durbin

following the arrest of Rosa Parks, Judge Johnson ruled that African-Americans of Montgomery, Alabama, were acting within their constitutional rights when they organized a boycott of the buses and that Martin Luther King Jr. and others could march from Selma to Montgomery.

It's high noon. It's a showdown. It's a question of who will flinch first.

That's a critical part of this conversation. We understand that this is the first of two vacancies on a court that's so evenly divided that one bad choice ... could have an impact for a long time.

That's a critical part of this conversation, ... We understand that this is the first of two vacancies on a court that's so evenly divided that one bad choice could make a - from my point of view - could have an impact for a long time.

The administration has some explaining to do, ... Fox News Sunday.

The Federalist Society is going to be the filter for nominations to the Department of Justice as well as to judicial nominations,

I'm troubled by it. It's another element of this administration's policy and the treatment of detainees and prisoners which I'm afraid will come back to haunt us at a future time.

I promised John Roberts I would give him a clean slate.

These judges were bitter medicine, but I believe the Senate and our caucus is better for it. We preserved the right of extended debate and filibuster, and when and if a Supreme Court vacancy occurs, we have preserved our rights, if a controversial person is named, to exercise our traditional authorities in the Senate.