And thank you all for joining us this evening. For the conversation, the judicial nomination process. Whats the future . Or w. T. F. Im the director of Strategic Engagement at the American Constitution Society and i have the distinct privilege of working on the very relevant and dynamic topic of judicial nominations and amplifying the importance of the courts to the issues near and dear to all of us. Lena a. C. S. Believes that law should be a force to improve the lives of all people. A nonprofit and Nonpartisan Organization, a. C. S. Works for positive change by shaping debate on the vitally important legal and constitutional issues and we have networks of lawyers, law student, judges and policymakers all across the country dedicated to those ideas. I encourage to you visit our website, acslaw. Org, attend our events, and get involved in our local and student lawyer chapters all across the country. For those of you here in d. C. , please get in touch with our d. C. Lawyer chapter, man
Whats the future . Or wtf. Im director of Strategic Engagement at the American Constitution Society and i have the privilege to work on the relevant and dynamic topic of judicial nominations and amply fieg the courts near and deer to all a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization, acs works for positive change by shaping debate on the important legal and constitutional issues and we have networks of lawyers, law students, judges and policymakers dedicated to those ideas. I encourage you to visit our website, acs law. Org. Attend ourevents and get involved in the local and chapters across the country. Those here in d. Krfrmt get in touch with our d. C. Lawyer chapters. We also ask those of you on social media to follow acs on twitter, please follow us at acs law and acsdc chapter. We engurj you to join the dc chapter in using the hashtag, wts and acstalks and you can see photos on instagram page. I want to take a moment to thank the dc lawyer chapter. Instead fast to the attention in the
Society hosted this 90minute event here in washington, d. C. Welcome, and thank you all for joining us this evening for the conversation, the judicial nominations process, whats the future, or wtf . Im lena zwarenstenyn. I have the distinct privilege of working on the very relevant and dynamic topic of judicial nominations and amplifying the importance of courts to the issues near and dear to all of us. Acs believes the law should be enforced to improve the lives of all people. A nonprofit and nonpartisan organization, acs works for positive change by shaping debate on the vitally important legal and constitutional issues and we have networks of lawyers, law students, judges and policymakers all across the country dedicated to those ideas. I encourage you to visit our website, acslaw. Org, attend our events, and get involved in our local and student lawyer chach s chapters all across the kun cou. For those in d. C. , get in touch with our d. C. Lawyer chapter. Many of those lawyers are
Good morning and welcome, everyone, especially the nominees and their families. Today well hear from two panels. Well hear from justice ead of colorado, nominated to be Circuit Court judge on the 10th Circuit Court. Did i get the pronunciation wrong . On the second panel well hear from four nominees to District Court, senator coons, do you ave any opening remarks today . Senator coons thank you to serve alongside you in the Ranking Member in todays confirmation hearing. Id like to almost each of the nominees and families and friends of the United States senate and congratulate you on the nominations and look forward to posing questions to you. The positions to which youve been nominated are important and the federal jude is federal judiciary is bedrock of our democracy. They resolve disputes between real people and determine whether him the freedoms are protected and given the weightiness of their responsibilities and lifetime tenure that comes from a judicial appointment, these are cr
Good morning and welcome everyone, especially the nominees and the families to todays nominations caring for today with her from two panels. On the first and we went from judge eid of colorado, Supreme Court, nominated to the Circuit Court judge on the tenth Circuit Court. Dedicate the pronunciation wrong . [laughing] on the second panel we will hear from for nominees to District Court. Senator coons, do you have any opening remarks today . Thank you, senator tillis for the opportunity to serve alongside as the Ranking Member in todays confirmation hearings. Id like to welcome each of the nominees, their families and friends to the senate and congratulate you on your nominations and i look forward to opposing questions to you. The positions to which you been nominated are important in the federal judiciary is aldo is a bedrock of our constitutional democracy. Judges do the hard work of resolving disputes between real people, cases the term whether criminal trials and sentences are fair