Senate Proceeding on Feb 15th, 2007 :: 3:05:14 to 3:10:17
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Speech By: Dianne Feinstein

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Dianne Feinstein: i rise today to speak about a tremendous thing that has happened in the senate, and that is that the senate today confirm confirmed my good friend, randy smith, to be a judge on the ninth circuit.

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Michael Crapo: before i make my personal remarks, however, our senior senator from idaho, senator larry craig, also wanted to make remarks but because of our delay in being able to obtain the floor, he has had other

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Speech By: Michael Crapo

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Michael Crapo: oblses that have taken him -- other obligations that have taken him away. and he has left with me a statement that i would ask unanimous consent at this time to have placed in the record. the presiding

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Michael Crapo: officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. crapo: thank you very much much, mr. president. this -- today really is the conclusion of a sometimes un unnecessarily long and difficult process for the

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Michael Crapo: confirmation of judge smith. judge smith was originally nominate ed by the president back on december 16, 2005, for a seat on the ninth circuit court of appeals that was vacated when idaho judge

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Michael Crapo: steven trot took senior status. earlier this year, three negotiations with the white house, d. through negotiations with the white house, judge smith was renominate ed to a different idaho styte seat on

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Michael Crapo: the ninth circuit that had been vacated when nudge when judge nelson took senior status. judge smith earned his under undergraduate and his law degrees from bringing hmmm young university and throughout

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Michael Crapo: his career both in private practice and as a judge, judge smith has continued to be a student and teacher of the law. he taught courses in business law and tax law at brigham young and later at

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Michael Crapo: boise state university. since 1993 he has served on the faculty at idaho state university teaching legal environment and business law. prior to becoming a judge, randy smith spent who are than

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Michael Crapo: more than 15 years in private practice gaining significant experience before state and federal courts. he is a member of the bar of the united states supreme court, the ninth circuit court of appeals,

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Michael Crapo: the united states district court for the state of idaho, the u.s. tax court, the idaho supreme court, and all of the other courts of the state of idaho. in addition to his current position as district

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Michael Crapo: judge in idaho, judge smith also served from time to time as -- serves from time to time as pro tempore justice on the idaho court and as a temporary judge in district courts throughout the state

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Michael Crapo: of idaho. he literally handles approximately 100 federal and state civil cases each year. in 2004, judge smith received the george c. gren nada jr. ar ward in -- granada jr. award for motivating

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Michael Crapo: and inspiring his colleagues on the bench by his character and actions. in 2002, he received the out outstanding service award from the idaho state bar -- board of commissioners. judge smith is also a

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Michael Crapo: member of the board of the directors and is the past president of the idaho state civic symphony. the american bar association has given him its unanimous well- well-qualified rating for his nomination

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Michael Crapo: to the ninth circuit. and, madam president, it's real really my honor today to person personally congratulate judge smith. as i said earlier, he is a personal friend. i've known him for years

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Michael Crapo: and have watched him give service to the people of the state of idaho of the highest caliber. he has shown himself to have the principles and values to be the kind of judge that america needs needs. he

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Michael Crapo: understands that we need a conservative, understanding understand conservative understanding of the constitution of the united states, that the role of the judge is interpretation of the law, not creation

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Michael Crapo: of law. he understands the value that comes from having solid ad adherence to the principles of our constitution arabs s are adjudicate ed. he will be a tremendous new asset and addition to the ninth

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Michael Crapo: circuit court of appeals. and as i said at the outset, this has been a long, sometimes very unnecessarily burdensome and difficult process to get his nomination here to the floor. but i'm sure that

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Michael Crapo: his strength -- that he will bring to the ninth circuit was shown by the vote of confidence given to him here today, a unanimous vote by the senators present -- 94-0 -- confirming him to be the next

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Michael Crapo: judge on the ninth circuit court of appeals. this is a tremendous day for randy smith, but it is also a tremendous day for the ninth circuit court of appeals, the people who live in that circuit, and