there, both democratic and republican, and when you look at how she has credited herself with her credden shalls, it is an american story. it is rags to riches. if you work hard honest, high integrity, the sky is the limit. she has proven that. as i say, she is one of us from the bronx, and it is a great pleasure to meet her. let he me turn it over to he joe and then the d.a. morganthal will speak. my name is joe castley, and the president of the national district attorney's association. i'm sort of hiding behind the mics here. the national district attorney association is the oldest and largest organization of prosecutors in the united states. we are pleased to he see the nomination of judge sotomayor to associate justice of united states supreme court. prosecutors prosecute 95% of all criminal prosecutors in the united states. the rule rulings of the supreme court have a far reaching impact on the street, with the police and into the courtrooms with p prosecutors. we're very interested and excited that we believe we have a supreme court nominee who has the sense of the street, an of the courtr