Senate Proceeding on Aug 6th, 2009 :: 3:35:35 to 3:36:54
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3:35:21 to 3:35:41( Edit History Discussion )

Jack Reed: qualified for this role. as a supreme court justice, judge sotomayor would bring to bear her rich and varied real-world experience. she has been a big-city prosecutor. she has been an attorney in private practice. she has been a trial judge. to be an appellate judge. judge sotomayor would make

3:35:35 to 3:36:54( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Jack Reed

3:35:42 to 3:36:02( Edit History Discussion )

Jack Reed: history as justice and the first hispanic justice. moreover, she has more federal judicial experience than any nominee to the court in 100 years. yet as compelling as these qualities and accomplishments

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Jack Reed: are, there is a higher bar for nominee to the nation's highest court. in previous consideration of supreme court judges, i've stated my test for a nominee for the supreme court. it is a simple test fr the text, the history, and the principles of the constitution. a nominee to the supreme court must live up to the spirit of

3:36:26 to 3:36:47( Edit History Discussion )

Jack Reed: the constitution. a only enforcing the laws but also to doing a nominee must give life and meaning to the great principle of the constitution -- principles of the constitution: equality befe the law, due process, freedom of conscience, individual responsibility, and the expansion of opportunity.

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Jack Reed: and in my vw, judge sotomayor has met this test quite admirably.