Herb Kohl
Herb Kohl
Herbert H. "Herb" Kohlis an American businessman and politician. He is a former United States Senator from Wisconsin and a member of the Democratic Party. He is also a philanthropist and the former owner of the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association. He did not seek reelection in 2012 and his term ended on January 3, 2013. He was succeeded by fellow Democrat Tammy Baldwin...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth7 February 1935
CountryUnited States of America
that her knowledge, her philosophy, her experience is sufficient so that we can conclude that she is qualified to be a justice.
It needs to be completed and gone into in greater detail. We need some better answers and that's particularly true about her since she has such a thin resume in the context of the job we're talking about.
Evasions, avoidance and hiding behind legal jargon simply will not suffice, ... We need and deserve to know what is in your mind and in your heart.
It makes the hearings even more important, ... It raises the bar higher, simply because the job is even higher. Chief justice is at another level.
it's much easier now for one man's home to become another man's castle.
No two umpires, or no two referees, have the same strike zone or call the same kind of a basketball game, ... And ballplayers and basketball players understand that, depending upon who the umpire is and who the referee is, the game can be called entirely differently.
Judicial excellence requires candor before confirmation. We are being asked to give the nominee enormous power.
Over the course of more than 200 years, it has found a right to equal education regardless of race. It has guaranteed an attorney and a fair trial to all Americans, rich and poor alike. It has allowed women to keep private medical decisions private. And it has allowed Americans to speak, vote and worship without interference from their government.
The judicial branch has, in its finest hours, stood firmly on the side of individuals against those who would trample their rights.
As the guardian of our rights, the Supreme Court makes decisions every year which either protect the individual or leave him at the mercy of more powerful forces in our society.
Whether interpreting the Constitution or filling in the blanks of a law or a regulation, every word of the court's opinion can widen or narrow our rights as Americans and either protect us or leave us more vulnerable to any winds that blow.
If confirmed, [Judge of the Supreme Court] will write the words that will either broaden or narrow our rights for the rest of your working life. You will be interpreting the Constitution in which we as a people place our faith and on which our freedoms as a nation rest. And on a daily basis, the words of your opinions will affect countless individuals as they seek protection behind the courthouse doors.
We give Supreme Court justices this freedom because we expect them to remain above the pull of politics, to avoid the effects of public excitement and allow a broader view, not tied to the whims of the majority at a certain moment in history.
A nominee [to Supreme Court] must possess the competence, character and temperament to serve on the bench.