JUDGE JACKSON: THANK YOU, SENATOR. MY BROTHER FOLLOWED IN A LONG TRADITION IN MY FAMILY OF PUBLIC SERVICE. IT WAS A CORE FAMILY VALUE. MY PARENTS WERE BOTH PUBLIC SERVANTS AND MY MOTHER'S --  -- FOLLOW IN MY UNCLE'S FOOTSTEPS. HE COULD HAVE DONE THEN THINGS COMING OUT OF COLLEGE WITH A COLLEGE DEGREE BUT DECIDED HE WANTED TO BE A POLICE OFFICER AND WENT TO BALTIMORE WHICH AS MANY OF YOU KNOW STRUGGLES, LIKE MANY CITIES, WITH AREAS THAT HAVE A LOT OF CRIME AND IT WAS A VERY STRESSFUL PERIOD FOR US AS A FAMILY BECAUSE AS PROUD OF WE ARE AS SERVICE AND AS MUCH AS WE KNOW IS IMPORTANT, LAW ENFORCEMENT IS A DANGEROUS PROFESSION AND AS FAMILY MEMBERS YOU WORRY WHEN YOU DON'T GET THE PHONE CALL AND HAVEN'T HEARD A COUPLE DAYS AND HEAR ABOUT THINGS IN THE NEWS AND COMMUNITY , YOU WORRY. I GREW UP WITH FAMILY MEMBERS WHO PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE. I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO DO THAT IMPORTANT WORK, THE IMPORTANCE OF HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR. I ALSO AS A LAWYER AND A CITIZEN BELIEVE VERY STRONGLY IN OUR CONSTITUTION AND THE RIGHTS THAT MAKE US FREE AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO ME IS AN UNDERSTANDING THAT ALTHOUGH WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY, ALTHOUGH THERE IS CRIME, WE ALSO HAVE A SOCIETY THAT ENSURES PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR ARE TREATED FAIRLY. THAT IS WHAT OUR CONSTITUTION REQUIRES. THAT IS WHAT MAKES OUR SYSTEM SO EXCEPTIONAL. MY BROTHER UNDERSTOOD THAT AS PART OF HIS WORK AND HE ALSO SERVED IN THE MILITARY. HE ALSO DECIDED, AS MANY PEOPLE DID, TO DEFEND OUR COUNTRY AFTER 9/11 THAT HE WOULD GO INTO THE ARMY. I REMEMBER WHEN HE MADE THAT DECISION, HE HAD A COLLEGE DEGREE, HE COULD HAVE BEEN AN OFFICER RIGHT AWAY. HE COULD HAVE BEEN A TYPE OF MILITARY OFFICER THAT DIDN'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY BE ON THE BATTLEFIELD. AND I REMEMBER SAYING, ARE YOU GOING TO DO SOMETHING WITH RADIO SIGNALS, ARE YOU GOING TO BE BEHIND THE SCENES AND HE SAID NO, INFANTRY, BOOTS ON THE GROUND. HE SAID, I BELIEVE STRONGLY IN THE PROTECTION OF OUR COUNTRY, AND IF I'M GOING TO BE LEADING, I'M GOING TO BE OUT FRONT. THAT'S THE KIND OF PERSON MY BROTHER IS. IT'S THE KIND OF SERVICE THAT OUR FAMILY PROVIDES, AND FOR ME WHAT THAT MEANT WAS AN UNDERSTANDING THAT TO DEFEND OUR COUNTRY AND ITS VALUES, WE ALSO NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE RESPONDED AS A COUNTRY TO THE TERRIBLE ATTACKS ON 9/11, WE WERE UPHOLDING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL VALUES, THAT WE WEREN'T LOUING THE TERRORISTS TO WIN BY CHANGING WHO WE ARE, AND SO I JOINED WITH MANY LAWYERS DURING THAT TIME WHO WERE HELPING THE COURTS FIGURE OUT THE LIMITS OF EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE FRAMERS HAVE TOLD US IS IMPORTANT, THE LIMITATIONS ON GOVERNMENT. I WORKED TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY. MY BROTHER WORKED ON THE FRONTLINES AND IT WAS ALL BECAUSE PUBLIC SERVICE IS IMPORTANT TO US. ...