05/20/2014
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"the reason our federal judicial system exists is for the resolution of wrongs and for controversies."
"Presidential appointments and lifetime tenure insulate judges from political influence."
"I certainly agree, as a number of witnesses have suggested, that we can and should do more to fill the existing vacancies."
"I would like to enter into the record a statement from Senator Leahy, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, on the Federal Judgeship Act of 2013."