Yes, because federal district judges, courts of appeal are. Well, if I were voting, I wouldn't have given up mostly in the courts of appeal, but particularly for district court judges. Senators are much better able to be able to pick a lawyer from their community that satisfies what I call community standards. and community standards. For me, when I pick a federal judge, I want somebody. Of course their ideology matters. I don't want somebody who's going to try to rewrite the Constitution every other Thursday to advance some social agenda. (07:23–07:37)
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