Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

And so when we come to this distinguished Committee and say that this was in keeping with the practice of the Second Circuit, we have looked...

These calls for restraint and modesty, and complaints about 'activist' judges, are often codewords, seeking a particular kind of judge who w...

I particularly reject the analogy of a judge to an 'umpire' who merely calls 'balls and strikes.'

It actually gives me goose bumps to think about the path that has brought you here today.