Orrin Hatch: “I will not let my concerns regarding the Ninth Circuit--many of which appear to me to be structural in dimension--affect…”

“I will not let my concerns regarding the Ninth Circuit--many of which appear to me to be structural in dimension--affect my judgment on the confirmation of Judge Paez, who is an innocent party with regard to that circuit's dubious record. Doing so would force him into the role of Atlas in carrying problems not of his own making. Mr. President, I rise today to speak on the nomination of federal district Judge Richard Paez to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.”