and even when one side of this chamber is absolutely dead set on defeating his nomination from the very get go before he was even named. even -- even in these situations, the standard is that a judge must act at all-times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the independence, integrity and impartiality of the judiciary and shall avoid improprietary and the appearance of impropriety. and after the hearing that we all watched last week, last thursday, it became clear to me