so long as there s not an undue burden on the exercise of the right pre viability. i think some of what we re wrestling with here is the question, i think what senator cornyn is driving at, how particular the concept of deeply rooted goes and how that is about what the judiciary can do. i want to thank you. we re nearly at time. i want to thank you for engaging in the back and forth. i want to think more about what you said and look forward to discussion tomorrow. it still appears that there is a very basic difference between a judicial philosophy and a judicial methodology in how you go about applying that when you re interpreting the law and making a determination about constitutionality or not. and i know that you haven t claimed a judicial philosophy at all, but a judicial philosophy of originalism here, but i do think the fact that you ve at least nodded to it in the
the goal is to interpret the texas a means of understanding and reflecting what congress intended. and of course, in statutory interpretation, if congress decides that the court has gotten it wrong, then as has happened many times, congress comes back and clarifies and tells court, no, this is what the statute means. i want to go back to an exchange you had with senator co cornyn. substantive due process is a document that allows courts to create new fundamental rights. what is the test to create a new fundamental right? the supreme court has said a case that the fundamental rights that are recognized or that are included in substantive due process are those that are deeply rooted in the nation s
co cornyn, lee and tillis. this is the 87th day. that s three weeks longer than the average of the last three or four nominees to the supreme court. don t tell me we haven t spent must have time. i don t say that from the standpoint of counting votes. i say that from the standpoint of the qualifications of this candidate and the fact those qualifications to be a supreme court justice based upon his 12 years on the d.c. circuit without anybody finding any fault with his qualifications to serve there but that hasn t been talked about much. everything else. this person is very well
different direction through, one, a reconciliation bill and a regular order bill which means you ll have democrat votes at least in the senate, if not in the house. but that is what they are trying to put together here and senator co cornyn meant. let me jump in. a perfect discussion and microcosm of what should be an issue but then you have the clock. tax reform is coming to and infrastructure and they have to get this done, m.j. speaker ryan said they don t want to have to set an artificial deadline. paul ryan is very aware of the fact that he represents the broader gop conference. we re about to go into a two-week conference and the very tricky thing about trying to reform the health care system is the members that came out against the bill, they are going