Bradford Berenson Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

10 Famous Quotes by Bradford Berenson
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“All else being equal, the president would go for diversity. Women and minorities will be among the candidates considered,”
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“The conservative base in the Republican party is putting on as much pressure as is possible for someone who will shift the court to the right. The Democrats are putting as much pressure as they're capable of on the president to select someone that they will deem ideologically acceptable.”
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“My own hunch, given the president's own commitment to diversity on the federal bench, is that he is going to have a strong bias in favor of selecting a qualified woman or minority for this second seat.”
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“The pressure to find a woman or a minority if anything will be even greater this time around, I have a sneaking suspicion it would be either a woman or Gonzales.”
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“Judge Gonzales would be the obvious choice for this next pick, but for the opposition of conservative groups.”
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“The reason his name is popping up is he's probably the closest thing out there to John Roberts. And he's got even more of a full record that people on both sides of the aisle can evaluate.”
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“That's the right move for a whole variety of reasons and, if I were on the inside, that is what I would be arguing. There is the one and only way for the Supreme Court to start its term with nine members and a chief, and that is to nominate John Roberts.”
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“This choice is exactly what it appears to be -- it's the ultimate vote of confidence by the president in a lawyer who has served as his lawyer in one capacity or another for a very long time. The president is very, very confident in his judgments about people, and he likes to reward loyalty.”
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“Ultimately, ... I think the president is unusually good at ignoring all kinds of outside pressure with an important decision like this and focusing on the merits and what's important for the long term.”
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“I would predict he will keep his promise and appoint a justice in the mold of Scalia and Thomas, a strong judicial conservative. I don't buy the argument the president will pull his punches. That's not his style.”
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