Miguel Estrada is a full partner in one of the great law firms of the country, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, at his young age. He has argued 15 cases before the Supreme Court, winning 10 of them. That is a pretty good record. By the way, I mentioned he did that suffering a disability. This man has arisen above language barriers, immigration barriers, educational barriers, legal barriers, to attain to the position he has. He has lived a Hispanic dream life. And here he is being held up on the floor of the Senate--without one good reason.
Orrin Hatch: “Miguel Estrada is a full partner in one of the great law firms of the country, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, at his young…”
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Defending Miguel Estrada's qualifications during Senate debate.
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