Quotes by Jonathan Turley

“Specter wants to hold hearings that will withstand the test of time, not [be] someone who wants to carry an ideological point to an extreme. He will be very receptive to deep, probing questions from Democratic colleagues. The hearings might get testy, but it would have been a bloodletting with a different chair.”

“Hes a man who seems to take his legacy seriously, ... The last thing he wants is to be viewed as the man who ran through Roberts on a party vote.”

“The highest points I give Rehnquist is for his sense of long-term judicial strategy,”

“[Since his initial nomination in July, Roberts was considered likely to win confirmation for the OConnor seat and is still expected to be confirmed as chief justice.] Democrats are in open disarray in the Senate, ... This is not the type of fight you win by coming late to it.”

“Its highly ironic that it was the conservatives on the court who overturned so many statutes,”

“The other irony is that Roberts is a lifelong advocate of federalism and states rights. Like his mentor, Rehnquist, he has a narrow view of the commerce clause.”

“Im making tapes for insomniacs to use in the future. Im going to sell them as a kit to cure insomnia.”

“The vast majority of his statements are different versions of legal truisms. We really have not learned anything in these hearings.”

“Theres no question that Roberts will vote like William Rehnquist, ... If he swings, it will be from right to far right.”

“Prosecutors havent revealed everything they have, so its hard to render judgment on them.”

Theres a misconception about Barack Obama as a former constitutional law professor. First of all, there are plenty of professors who are legal relativists. They tend to view legal principles as relative to whatever theyre trying to achieve.