I will pick judges who will interpret the Constitution.
My job is to pick judges who are qualified to serve on the bench.
A president or a governor who picks judges of high credentials gets political credit for it.
But most court scholars say it has not extinguished the politics of picking judges.
Beyond picking judges, the next president will shape federal policy on issues in which the trial lawyers have a big stake.
Picking real judges who've made some hard calls-- well, read their decisions.
Of course, it's possible that Republican presidents are just really, really bad at picking judges who share their beliefs.
The clubhouse bosses, district leaders, often picked judges and nominees for elected office.
Compared with the previous four Administrations, the department got off to a fast start picking judges.
If judicial competence were the only question, as it often is in lower courts, we should let selection panels pick judges.