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'A Perfect Candidate': Bill Hagerty Throws Support Behind Trump's First Nominee For Circuit Court
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2 days ago
During remarks on the Senate floor Thursday, Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) spoke about the nomination of Whitney Hermandorfer to serve as United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit.
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Chair, I recognize the senator from Tennessee.
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I ask unanimous consent to take us out of quorum call.
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Without objection.
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Thank you, Mr. President.
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Mr. President, I'm here today to urge my colleagues to support the confirmation of Whitney Hermendorfer.
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Whitney Hermendorfer is President Trump's nominee to be the judge of the Sixth Circuit.
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It's a defining moment for the second Trump administration
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because Whitney is the first judicial nominee to be brought forward to serve at the circuit court level.
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She's the first Trump nominee to come before the United States Senate,
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and she is a perfect candidate to be that first nominee.
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She's going to set the benchmark for excellence for all future judicial nominees.
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Indeed, I don't think President Trump could have made a better choice.
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Ms. Hermendorfer is eminently qualified.
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She graduated first in her law school class, then she clerked on the District Court for D.C.,
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the D.C. Circuit, and not once but twice at the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Whitney served as the lead strategist and advocate for our home state of Tennessee,
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representing the Volunteer State in its most complex and important cases.
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And, unsurprisingly to everybody that knew her and knows her, she did an exceptional job.
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Ms. Hermendorfer has the experience and the demeanor that our very best judges possess,
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along with the genuine humility, kindness, and a sense of optimism that I think everybody will appreciate.
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Most importantly, Ms. Hermendorfer will faithfully discharge the solemn duties of a judge.
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She'll interpret the Constitution according to its original meaning.
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She'll administer justice without fear, without favor.
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She'll rule without preference for the poor or the rich, the weak or the powerful.
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She'll protect the precious rights recognized in the Constitution and safeguard the delicate separation of powers that our founders established.
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Whitney Hermendorfer is an outstanding nominee.
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Any delay in confirming her deprives our courts of the very best and the very brightest that our nation can offer.
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So I'm here today to urge my colleagues to support her nomination on today's procedural vote,
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and I'm going to encourage this body to quickly proceed to her nomination in confirmation.
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