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There have been 111 Justices in the Supreme Court of the United States. Only three have been women. If she is confirmed, Solicitor General Kagan will bring the Supreme Court to an historical high-water mark, with three women concurrently serving as Justices.

I think there needs to be a range of justices, of all types. You can't just pick one type.

But, I know enough people in that court, through the years, to know one thing: There's always somebody who surprises you, who rises above what they thought they appointed him for, and stays with the separation of powers, and with the right of the law to decide.

Justices are not politicians. They don't run on a political platform, and senators should not ask them to do so.

The fact is, we are a nine-member court that sits on cases.

I think I present an overwhelming case that these five justices were up to no good, and they deliberately set out to hand the election to George Bush.

I think that the justices were totally answering the way that they should. I think that the senators, as best I could tell, for the most part, Democrat and Republican, respected that.

The Office of the Solicitor General has a deeply ingrained fundamental institutional culture that has stood the test of time for decades. I went because I wanted to do public service and do an appellate practice at the very highest levels I could.

This is the most historic moment in Supreme Court history in our lifetime, no question about it. These are justices who are going to serve for decades.