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Kyle Reardon

79:01 - 79:28

"I think the Judiciary should support, as my colleague said, hiring the, the best and the brightest. And if we do that, then the issue of having a diverse judiciary and a diverse legal field will take care of itself."

“I think the Judiciary should support, as my colleague said, hiring the, the best and the brightest. And if we do that, then the issue of having a diverse judiciary and a diverse legal field will take care of itself.”
Speaker
Kyle Reardon
Timestamp
79:01 – 79:28
Transcript
Senate Judiciary: Hearings to examine the nominations of Daniel Lewis Ballou, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Richard Wesley Bennett, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Courtney Leigh Coker, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Trevor Scott Pemberton, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, Kyle Frederick Reardon, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska, and Zachary Paul West, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
Community
Alaska News
Location
Alaska
Captured at
September 16, 2026

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Senator, I think the Judiciary should support, as my colleague said, hiring the, the best and the brightest. And if we do that, then the issue of having a diverse judiciary and a diverse legal field will take care of itself. Oh, that's nice, but I don't think that is necessarily reality. One more question, Mr. Chairman. Mr. West, how do you define diversity?

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