Edited sentence: " Democratic Senator Charles Schumer noted that he supported Bybee's confirmation specifically because Bybee's conservative views would help to moderate the increasingly liberal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.During his years on the court, Bybee "has become known as one of its brightest and most free-thinking judges," establishing himself as an intellectual heavyweight and "writing some of the courts most significant opinions.One senator remarked that "the fact that Jay Bybee was confirmed during one of the most contentious periods in the history of the United States Senate in terms of judicial nominees is a credit to his experience and integrity