Chris Coons actually said...

the reason our federal judicial system exists is for the resolution of wrongs and for controversies.

I certainly agree, as a number of witnesses have suggested, that we can and should do more to fill the existing vacancies.

Presidential appointments and lifetime tenure insulate judges from political influence.

I would like to enter into the record a statement from Senator Leahy, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, on the Federal Judgeship Act of 2...