Political Quotes

“one of the issues I have heard raised by the other side is that the nominee has not had judicial experience. In fact, the chairman of the House Democratic Hispanic Caucus wrote a letter to the Judiciary Committee, I understand. I want to quote from Congressman Bob Menendez, who says: If the Senator-- Referring to Senator Hatch-- chooses to ignore one of the many reasons we oppose the Estrada nomination, simply put, he has no judicial expedience. Now, I find this to be a particularly amazing argument coming from someone who is Hispanic, given the paucity of Hispanics on the bench right now, that we are setting this bar before a group that only has about 3-percent representation on the bench right now but comprises 14 percent of the population of this country, that someone who heads the Democratic Hispanic Caucus will put this bar to Hispanic nominees, that they do not have judicial experience. Has such a bar ever been placed before that you are aware of for nominees?”