Political Quotes

“Mr. President, the process of confirming a Supreme Court Justice is supposed to be lengthy, thoughtful, rigorous. I am grateful to the Presiding Officer and Chairman Durbin for doing it right with Judge Brown Jackson. Judge Jackson has answered hours of questions about her judicial philosophy, why she made certain decisions, why she represented certain clients, how her background has shaped her world view. Nearly every detail of her professional and personal life has been and will continue to be interrogated publicly as she goes through the final stages of this process. But a strange thing is going to happen when Judge Jackson finally takes her seat on the Supreme Court. She will, after all of this review and scrutiny, become effectively immune from ethics standards. Why is that? Because every Federal judge--circuit judges, district judges, court of international trade judges, court of Federal claims judges, bankruptcy judges, magistrate judges--every Federal judge is bound by a code of ethics in order to safeguard the judiciary's neutrality and transparency--all Federal judges, except for nine: the Supreme Court. It is not because the Supreme Court is so highly regarded by the American people. In fact, the opposite is true. Trust in the institution's reputation is in rapid decline right now.…”