beyer said, kyle duncan is a magnificent nominee. fifth make surpassing circuit judge. please support your confirmation with all your might. finally, i'd like to submit in the record with 19 former and present state solicitors' general. we all agree that kyle duncan has the personal and professional qualities that should typify the federal judiciary. mr. chairman, i'd ask -- senator grassley: without objection, so ordered. senator lee: thank you. justice stras, tell me about the difference between being a judge and an advocate and how that correlates between the distinction between exercising will and exercising judgment? mr. stras: thank you, senator. the role of a judge is to exercise judgment. one of my colleagues that was referenced by senator klobuchar says we exercise our judgment. we do not impose our will. d you lay aside any biases you have, you read the briefs on the merits and you try to decide the case best you can based on the law before you and the facts and it's really just a matter of coming in with a clean record and trying to figure out what the right

stuart kyle duncan. the committee's hearing today is particularly important because it means that one member of this body, in this case, the junior senator from minnesota, cannot single-handedly block the committee from considering an extraordinarily well-qualified nominee to serve on our circuit courts. that nominee is minnesota's supreme court justice david strauss. justice strauss is an extremely qualified, widely admired member of minnesota's highest court. he was raised by a single mother. he is the grandson of a survivor of the nazi death camp at auschwitz. justice strauss graduated first in his class at the university of kansas law school. he has clerked on the court of appeals and the united states supreme court. he worked for several years in private practice until he joined the faculty of the university of minnesota law school. he was appointed to the minnesota supreme court in 2010, and in 2012, minnesota voters elected him to a full term on their highest court. his reputation in the minnesota