Orrin Hatch: “I sure do agree with that. There has not been one substantive argument against this man other than the phony arguments…”

“I sure do agree with that. There has not been one substantive argument against this man other than the phony arguments like getting these privileged documents that everyone knows the administration cannot get. There are two reasons for that: They want to embarrass the administration by trying to make the administration look like they are trying to withhold documents that they should give, when they should not give them; and they are trying to defeat Miguel Estrada on what is really a red herring issue. That particular editorial of the Winston-Salem Journal said: The truth is, the Democrats oppose Estrada because they believe he is too conservative; an unsavory implication is that they believe Hispanics should be liberal. I think the editorial got it right on the money. Another truth is, as the Senator said: The Constitution gives Presidents the right to nominate judges and the Presidents usually choose nominees they believe share their political views. If Democrats have a substantive reason for opposing Estrada's nomination, it is past time to produce it. If not, they should let the Senate vote.”