Political Quotes

“Now, Mr. President, I have a second nominee to speak about. We are voting at 2:15, as I understand it, so there is plenty of time to wax on the fine qualifications of both of these new additions to the bench. I am extremely pleased to rise today in enthusiastic support of the nomination of Lorna Schofield to the Federal bench in the Southern District of New York at the other end of our State. I have had the privilege to recommend a number of truly outstanding nominees to become judges in New York--in fact, 15 nominees--and Ms. Schofield is among the best. She is the embodiment of three qualities I search for in judicial nominee candidates: excellence--they should be legally excellent, no hacks; moderation--they should not be too far right or too far left because then they want to turn the law to their own purpose rather than interpret it; and diversity--I try to bring diversity in every way to the bench in terms of race, gender, sexual orientation, and religion because that is for the good of America. First, her excellence. Her professional resume puts her right at top of her field. She went to Indiana University for her undergraduate studies and then came to New York to study law at one of the Nation's best law schools, NYU Law School, where she graduated as one of the top 15 students in her class. She went on to serve the public as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York and then to join a top law firm, Debevoise & Plimpton.…”