"The American people deserve to have a fully functioning Supreme Court." — Patrick Leahy

Maher Arar's case stands as a sad example of how we have been too willing to sacrifice our core principles to overarching government power in the name of security, when doing so only undermines the principles we stand for and makes us less safe.

The Supreme Court of the United States is too important to our democracy for it to be understaffed for partisan reasons.

It is wrong for the federal government to deny benefits or privileges to couples who have lawfully wed.

Our nation relies on immigrants.