If I'm Confirmed I'll Be

Our Country As A Whole, No Less Than The Hastings College Of Law, Values Tolerance, Cooperation, Learning, And The Amicable Resolution Of Conflicts. But We Seek To Achieve Those Goals Through "[a] Confident Pluralism That Conduces To Civil Peace And Advances Democratic Consensus-building," Not By Abridging First Amendment Rights.

In An Era Where The White House Is Abusing Power, Is Excusing And Authorizing Torture And Is Spying On American Citizens, I Find Judge [samuel] Alito's Support For An All-powerful Executive Branch To Be Genuinely Troubling.

When I Was Sworn In As A Judge Of The Court Of Appeals, I Took An Oath. I Put My Hand On The Bible And I Swore That I Would Administer Justice Without Respect To Persons, That I Would Do Equal Right To The Poor And To The Rich, And That I Would Carry Out My Duties Under The Constitution And The Laws Of The United States.

Private Religious Speech Can't Be Discriminated Against. It Has To Be Treated Equally With Secular Speech.

I Learned That Hard Work And Self-discipline Can Overcome Many Obstacles.