Ken Salazar: “We can do as much as we can to minimize the risk, and we certainly have done that, I believe, in the Gulf of Mexico.”

We have seen that national security and environmental conservation are mutually supporting goals.

Not that I have a lot of sway, but at least I will do everything I can to make sure that this is at the heart of every Democrat running for president.

What is being neglected here is the bigger picture. And that's this foreign policy paradigm that is so required for the United States and Mexico and the Americas.

A judicial nominee should have a demonstrated dedication to fairness, impartiality, precedent, and the avoidance of judicial activism from both the left and the right. I believe that Mr. Gorsuch meets this very high test.