Orrin Hatch: “I just want to warn the Senate, that is not a good thing. It is not fair to the President. It is not fair to Miguel…”

“I just want to warn the Senate, that is not a good thing. It is not fair to the President. It is not fair to Miguel Estrada. It is not fair to the process. It is not fair to the judiciary. It is not fair to Senators who have been fair to Democrat nominees who were heavily contested where there were no cloture votes or no, should I say, real filibuster. It is just plain not fair. What is so wrong with giving this Hispanic man, who may be conservative and who is Republican, an opportunity to serve, to break through that intellectual glass ceiling that suddenly seems to have been erected and give him an opportunity to serve since he has such great ability to be able to do so and has proven it? I repeat again, he has the highest recommendations of the American Bar Association, the gold standard of my colleagues on the other side. How can we stand here and filibuster somebody like that? All I can say is that I hope everybody in America is watching us because it is just plain not fair nor is it right.”