I detect a strain in certain current judicial philosophies of trying to deny, minimize, inhibit, cripple the jury system.
Alexis de Tocqueville wrote that the jury is, before everything, a political institution.
We gather in a serious way for these hearings because voting to confirm an individual to the federal bench is one of the...
Thank you both very much for being here. I know you have pressing business, and you are excused.
A jury is not just there to be a fact-finding appendage to a court.
It includes an obligation to decide cases scrupulously based on the law and the facts without prejudgment of any case.
I salute you for being willing to put yourself through the wringer of the nomination and confirmation process.
I urge you to keep that good feeling about juries in mind as, I hope, you proceed to this next judicial office.
Today is a somewhat unusual day in that it is the 12th anniversary of the attacks on our country on September 11th...
We lose billions and billions of dollars every year because of the lack of intellectual property protections.
That is somewhat remarkable, isn't it?