allison eid, confirmed. stephanos bibas, confirmed. after eight years of a president who selected judges based upon an ideological litmus test designed to find nominees who favor certain groups or individuals over others, we now have a president who is sending over nominees who will ensure that the judiciary is actually living up to the role we expect in our democracy. treating everyone equally, giving every litigant a fair shake, applying the law as it's actually written, not as a judge wishes it might be. the four circuit court nominees the senate confirmed last week will do just that. democrats have put up a lot of procedural roadblocks to prevent the senate from moving forward all year. we have moved ahead anyway. as a result, despite all the obstacles from the other side, we're making significant progress. of course, none of this would be possible without the hard work and notable leadership of judiciary committee chairman juk grassley, and i want to thank him again for everything he's done. we're not finished yesterday. we're goi

and today we'll consider two more well-qualified nominees: allison h. eid and stephanos bibas. first we'll confirm allison h. eid, whom the president has nominated to serve on the u.s. court of appeals for the tenth circuit. justice eid has some big shoes to fill in taking that seat. it became vacant when neil gorsuch was sent into the supreme court. it's a hard act to follow, and yet i have every confidence she will excel in the role. you see, nominees like justice eid and professor bibas are more than just the sum of their credentials. though theirs are indeed impressive. and i'll expand on those credentials in just a moment. nominees like this also believe, like justice gorsuch, that the role of a judge is to apply the law equally to everyone, and to do so as the law is actually written, not as they wish it might be. as justice gorsuch said, a judge who likes every outcome he reaches is very likely a bad judge, stressing for results he prefers rather than those the law demands. or put a different way, i don't think there are -- i don't think there are red judges, i don't thin

that's why i support the confirmation of allison eid'd eid. thank you, i yield the floor

tomorrow morning the senate will vote on the nomination of colorado supreme court justice allison eid. she is going to be voted on it serve on the tenth circuit court of appeals. she's an eminently qualified and exceptional nominee who has received widespread, bipartisan praise and support. justice eid has spent over a decade on the colorado supreme court. before her appointment, she served as colorado state solicitor general. in that role, she represented the state before both federal and state courts. she also served as a tenured faculty member at the university of colorado school of law, where she taught courses in constitutional law, legislation, and torts. justice eid also practiced commercial and appellate litigation at arnold & porter. at the beginning of her legal career, justice eid served as a clerk for judge jerry smith on the fifth circuit and as a law clerk for supreme court justice clarence thomas. justice eid was raised by a single mother who eid credits for her significant personal and professional achievements. she earned a scholarship to stanford and graduated with d

the clerk: the judiciary, allison h. eid of colorado to be united states circuit judge for the tenth circuit. a senator: mr. president, i have eight requests for committees to meet during today session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. a senator: thank you, mr. president. i rise today to add my voice, my strong support, to the confirmation of colorado supreme court justice allison he'd as the next judge for the tenth circuit. there is no doubt that justice eid is sue punishly qualified for that position. mr. gardner: for the past decade she has served colorado as a justice on the supreme court and in 2008 she was overwhelmingly retained by the people of colorado. we have a system where every decade the voters of colorado vote to retain or dismiss a judge, and every time that has come before the people of colorado, she has been overwhelmingly retained by the people of colorado. prior to her appointment, justice eid represented the state of colorado b

gardner: we about to vote on allison eid to become the judge for the tenth circuit which is housed in denver, colorado. i have had the privilege and honor of knowing justice eid who serves on the colorado supreme court for over a decade, since i was a young law student is how long i have known her. i know a lot of my classmates who had her as a professor, people who shared political perspectives far different from justice eid but they never criticized her teaching and found her to be open to debate and other views. most importantly what justice eid will do once confirmed to the tenth circuit court is make sure she rules based on the law, not personal opinions or preferences but how the law dictates because that's the kind of judge she will be and continue to be from the supreme court to the district court. she will be somebody who is a guardian of the constitution as our founders were hoping we would see on our federal courts when they wrote the constitution. mr. president, i have one final letter that i would like to ask unanimous consent to insert into the record from the national n

amy barrett, joan louise larsen and allison eid are three more cracks in that glass ceiling. their confirmation is proof that successful women can balance responsibility and seize opportunity when it knocks at their door. mr. president, these accomplished nominees are not joining the federal beth because of a frivolous attempt at trying to balance out the gender disparity in our courts; they will be done the black robes because they -- they will be donning the black robes because they earned it. amy coney barrett climbed through the ranks by clerking for lawrence silberman. working with her husband, a successful lawyer in his own right, she has balanced family responsibilities while achieving personal success. at the age of 30, she was hired as a professor at one of the nation's best law programs, notre dame. over the past six years, she has sat on the advisory committee on federal rules of the appellate procedure, on the recommendation of chief justice roberts. joan louise larsen, the next united states circuit judge for the sixth circuit, is proof that hard work pays off. a