05/03/2025
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"I would vote against your confirmation. And the reason I am so enthusiastically supporting your confirmation is I have every degree of confidence you will follow the law faithfully and honestly."
"The Alabama State Bar adjudicated that matter and on February 16th, 2000, the State bar unanimously dismissed the complaint."
"And my point is simple, Mr. Cole. This Committee can assess what occurred there."
"the State court's opinion was, 'particularly unreliable and misleading.'"