I can tell you that too much money is corrupting American politics. Don't blame the American public. The U.S. Supreme Court has a lot to answer for, because it has made it impossible for Congress to reduce the corrupting influence of money on American political life.

Related Quotes

It is money, money, money! Not ideas, not principles, but money that reigns supreme in American politics.

— Robert Byrd

MoneyAmericanAmerican Politics

The fairest and most democratic process in terms of Supreme Court nominees is let the American people have a voice.

— Ron Johnson

AmericanAmerican PeopleCourt

We've got a deeply flawed political system with an insane overreaching extremist element, with a Supreme Court that is completely loony.

— Lizz Winstead

CourtDeeplyElement

I find it hard to believe that Senators or the American public will classify Sotomayor as unqualified, particularly given the thin credentials of many of our eighteenth and nineteenth century Supreme Court Justices.

— David Stras

AmericanAmerican PublicBelieve

We need to consider nominations as thoroughly and carefully as the American people deserve. No one is entitled to a free pass to a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court.

— Patrick Leahy

AmericanAmerican PeopleAppointment