01/14/2009
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"I appreciate all of you that have been nominated. This is, I guess, the one opportunity we have to ask some questions."
"I am pleased to introduce Mr. Abdul Kallon, who's been nominated to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama."
"empathy is not a legal standard."
"I do believe that the legal standard and requirement of judges is that we do equal justice to all parties, based on the facts and not on personal feelings or beliefs."