21 Quotes by Sean Rushton

The people who would know have not been talking to anybody but each other. The message broadcast by the White House up to this point has just been to focus on an orderly process for Roberts.

Nothing better exemplifies the chasm of difference between how the left and the right think about the courts. The wisdom we want is the wisdom to defend the structure of our system for everyone. What they're really saying is that the judge should bend or break the law in order to achieve a favorable short-term result.

I'd imagine it will be similar to last time. The president will say: 'What do you want us to know?' 'Are there any names you'd like to suggest?' or 'Do you especially oppose anyone?' But I don't think the president is going to tip his hand.

It certainly sounds as if he's getting pulled into Chuck Schumer's demands for unprecedented specificity in case law. To discuss recent cases and controversies and to have the Senate attempt to reject or confirm nominees based on a checklist of how they would rule on individual cases is clearly an attack on the judiciary's independence.

It is a rare instance of the base being displeased with a major decision of this president.

Janice Brown ... is admired like no other among conservatives, and that counts, I'd love to have that fight.

I think MoveOn sensed a 'NARAL moment' was upon them,

We don't tell the White House who they should consider, but our organization is close to the White House. Historically, we have been a source of strategic advice to the White House in defending it's nominees.

The president has got 55 votes and probably a couple of Democratic votes as well. He has a lot of leeway here.