ACROSS AN INCREDIBLY BROAD RANGE OF SENTENCES YOU HAVE HAD TO IMPOSE, THIS ONE IS NOT GETTING ANY ATTENTION. FOR FOLKS WHO WOULD LIKE SOME INSIGHT INTO HOW YOU MAKE DECISIONS AND HOW YOU EXPLAIN THOSE DECISIONS, THERE IS A VIDEO OF YOUR APRIL 2014 PUBLIC SENTENCING COMMITTEE WHERE YOU LAY OUT YOUR POSITION. I ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO WATCH THAT AND THEY WILL SEE A JURY WHO UNDERSTANDS HER COMMITMENT ABOVE ALL IS TO DETERMINE WHAT THE LAW REQUIRES AND THEN FOLLOW IT. IN MY VIEW, THAT IS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT BELONGS ON THE SUPREME COURT. YOUR POSITION THAT THE LAW REQUIRED THAT THERE NOT BE FURTHER BREAKS GIVEN IN THIS CONTEXT ULTIMATELY WON THE DAY. MY COLLEAGUE FROM NEW JERSEY MADE A POINT OF MENTIONING A CASE UNITED STATES VERSUS BOOKER. IN THIS CASE, IT WAS DECIDED KOONS, WITH A K, NOT A C. THE SUPREME COURT RULED IN THIS ARGUMENT THAT WAS MADE PUBLIC. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF YOU LOOKING HARD AT THE LAW, MAKING A TOUGH DECISION, BEING VINDICATED IN THAT DECISION. BUT TAKING A DECISION THAT IS NOT A CARICATURE THAT HAS BEEN PROFIT BY SOME. YESTERDAY I RAN THROUGH A NUMBER OF THE LETTERS AND STATEMENTS THAT DEBUNKED SOME OF THE ATTACKS BASED ON A HANDFUL OF SENTENCING DECISIONS. A FORMER PROSECUTOR CALLS OUT THE SMEAR ON YOUR CASES INVOLVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR CHIEFS OF POLICE, ENDORSING YOUR EVENHANDED JUDICIAL APPROACH IN THE LAW. ATTORNEYS IN THE RESOUNDING RECOMMENDATION FROM JUDGE GRIFFITH. THERE HAS BEEN RECEIVED A LETTER FROM A NUMBER OF RETIRED FEDERAL JUDGES, INCLUDING TWO REPUBLICAN NOMINEES DISMISSED THE MISCHARACTERIZATION OF YOUR RECORD. THIS IS A POLICY DISPUTE WE SHOULD BE DECIDING. NOT AN APPROPRIATE BASIS TO MISCHARACTERIZE YOUR RECORD OR YOUR CHARACTER. WE HAVE LETTERS FROM THE NATIONAL COALITION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FROM SURVIVORS, ADVOCATES, CRIME VICTIMS. THE BREADTH OF YOUR SUPPORT FOR MY COLLEAGUE SUGGESTS THAT YOU ARE MAKING VICTIMS LESS SAFE SHOWS HOW OFF-BASE THEY ARE. WE ALL AGREE IT IS CRITICAL TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN. IT IS WHY I AM INTRODUCING A REPORT OF SIN VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE ACT. TO DO OUR JOB, WHICH IS SET LAWS. WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL THAT WE ARE ASKING OF YOU TO GET ENGAGED IN THAT POLICY DISPUTE IN FRONT OF THIS COMMITTEE WHICH IS NOT THE ROLE OF A JUDGE. ANOTHER REASON I THINK YOU ARE DEEPLY QUALIFIED AND YOU WILL BRING SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO THE SUPREME COURT, ONE OF AMERICAN LEADING CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYERS AND A DELAWARE NATIVE HAS SPOKEN ABOUT HOW ACHIEVING JUSTICE REQUIRES BEING PROXIMATE TO THE PEOPLE MOST IMPACTED BY THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. YOU HAVE DONE THAT. AS A PUBLIC DEFENDANT, YOU HAVE DEFENDED. AS A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE -- YOU HAVE MET WITH, FOUGHT FOR AND ADVOCATED FOR VICTIMS. YOU HAVE ALSO STUDIED THE BIG PICTURE. AS AN EFFECTIVE AND ENGAGED MEMBER, YOU HAVE POURED OVER DATA AND FOUGHT -- THOUGHT HARD ABOUT A MORE POLICY ORIENTED ROLE. YOU HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE AS A JUDGE WHEN CONSIDERING THE PRECEDENT YOUR OPINION SETS. I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HOW YOUR EXPERIENCE SHAPED YOUR -- AS A SUPREME COURT JUDGE.