Jon Kyl: “I wanted to speak to the qualifications of some of these nominees. Obviously, during the short period of time I have, I…”

“I wanted to speak to the qualifications of some of these nominees. Obviously, during the short period of time I have, I am not going to be able to do that except that I said I wanted to mention the qualifications of one of these nominees, Judge Carolyn Kuhl, nominated to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, a judge who would be sitting on cases I might argue to the Ninth Circuit Court. She has been a judge in a State trial court in Los Angeles since 1995. The American Bar Association rated her ``well qualified,'' their top rating for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She has served as a superior court judge in Los Angeles County in both the criminal and civil divisions and supervising judge of the civil division, the first woman to hold that position. Before that, she was a partner in a prestigious law firm in California. Before that, she served in the Department of Justice. She worked as a deputy solicitor general of the United States and argued cases before the United States Supreme Court in that capacity. She has extraordinary bipartisan support.”