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Sam Brownback: “The number speaks for itself. Absolutely, this is a mainstream judge. When you get approved on that percentage of your…”

On the recordNovember 12, 2003
The number speaks for itself. Absolutely, this is a mainstream judge. When you get approved on that percentage of your cases that you have ruled on--remember, this is at the district court level, so he is both finding fact and applying law. You have to be a really good judge, if you are going to be upheld by people reviewing you 99.5 percent of the time on both facts, that means there is wisdom there, and law, which means he is applying it correctly.
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Sam Brownback
Republican · Kansas

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Defending a judicial nominee's qualifications during Senate floor debate.

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