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Group of people who have been appointed by presidents of different parties, by law, and at the time that i was on the commission, we had a range of people. judges from different backgrounds who had different views about the criminal justice system, but we had a directive in congress insofar as congress had changed the penalties, as you mentioned, related to crack-cocaine. and so, we worked together to make a determination about whether or not the guidelines needed to change and if so, whether or...

Ill push you harder. again, i have people i really respect on the other side of the aisle. my friends and i talk about religion sometimes. faith is important. i was teasing senator lindsey graham earier but i dont want to ask you anything specific about your faith except for this because you brought it up in your opening statement and i have to tell you, i dont think black women have any providence over struggle. people from all backgrounds in america struggle. but i do know often as the trail b...

Readings on the professional qualifications of lifetime appointed federal judges. the standing committee is made up of outstanding lawyers from every circuit, with very backgrounds, professional experiences, and practicing in law firms with 6 to 2000 lawyers. on eight -- march 18th, the standing committee voted unanimously that judge jackson earned our highest rating, well qualified for an appointment to the supreme court. why? quite frankly, well qualified was, a rating we were compelled to rea...

Extra care to communicate with parties. you added, and i quote, speak to them directly and not just to their lawyers. i use their names. i ex-plain every stage because i want them to know whats going on. as a result of that approach, you made the law more approachable, to litigants and american people. the cameras and the lights here today can make it easy to forget at its core, the responsibility you seek is one of service and im fully confident youll serve americans from all walks of life, all...

For me to meet, and i know when a child with her, from uzbekistan to burma to mali and across the united states, she inspired so many people from across diverse backgrounds, especially women and girls. you were talking about afghanistan your previous report. that will pay off for generations, and thatis pay off for generations, and that is an important part of her legacy. that is an important part of her legacy-— her legacy. indeed. she remained _ her legacy. indeed. she remained an _ her lega...

Shes always there. she does know how to give it her all. she gives to the law and this country. a testament of her character is all the people of different backgrounds and beliefs who understand that essence of ketanji. we will see it in the history she will make. i know she is honored and humbled by significance of this moment. not for what it means for her but what it means for our amazing country. i8d summarize nearly 35 years of friendship in this way, by

Students. >> everyone. >> black, white on. >> everyone. >> i have people they respect on the other side of the aisle and my friends and i talk about religion sometimes. faith is important. i was teasing lindsay -- senator graham earlier, but i dont want to ask you anything specific about your faith except for this because you brought it up in your opening statement, and i have to tell you i dont think black women have any providence over struggle. people from all backgrounds in america struggle,...

Nobody saying anything about it because it is politicized. this is not a red or blue issue, it is a red, white, and blue issue. all americans come all families, all races, all economic backgrounds are impacted. unfortunately the white house has their old antiquated talking points on the old opioid crisis when the big pharma corporate cartels were bombing the country with 100 billion opioids and eight, nine year period. no one was really talking about it back then, but now our whole population is...

You have people who are trying to essentially politically neutralize this for the white house, to say, hey, you have a working mom, someone interested in criminal defense. experience that isnt on the bench right now. the way well neutralize this is by basically holding any and every client or issue against her, which is why there are so few people with criminal defense backgrounds on the federal bench in general. we saw that weaponized. but were also seeing this movement to basically say, hey, t...

Oligarchs ive met over the years and he like his business partner built in the 90s chaos, including a big commercial bank, a retail bank and also they made a lot of money ultimately out of the russian oil sector. and it was in the 2013 or so that they actually sold out and ultimately managed to extract much of their fortune from russia and tried to reestablish themselves with businesses in the west. so theyve lived this roller coaster ride from pretty modest backgrounds to billionaires with huge...