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
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.
Judicial excellence means that a Supreme Court justice must have a sense of the values from which our core of our political- economic system goes. In other words, we should not approve any nominee whose extreme judicial philosophy would undermine rights and liberties relied upon by all Americans.
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.
We want a good seed. We're not content being the eighth seed. We want to be sixth seed or the fifth seed. So we have to win a host of games over the next 23. We're being challenged and I hope and I expect that we will respond.
As I said to him upstairs, 'The real work starts now,'
We hope that this will not be an issue. But we are pursuing it because it is our responsibility.
She understands that when she comes before the committee, people will be looking for more than broad statements,
She has a burden. Everyone who comes before this committee has a burden, but I think her burden is perhaps higher.
My hope is that the White House considers this concern,
it's much easier now for one man's home to become another man's castle.
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.