No Supreme Court nomination should be conducted with winks and nods,

winks and nods and quiet promises over conference calls.

We're working hard to carry out our responsibilities, not have this thing taken by winks and nods and quiet promises over conference calls. We'd actually like to know what the heck is going on.

The U.S. Supreme Court has looked at this, the Florida Supreme Court has looked at this. Basically they end up saying, 'Let's count the ballots.' I don't want partisan party line votes in the House or the Senate determining this, it should be the voters of America that determine it.

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.

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.