suggestion that one of the reasons people have objected to your nomination is, i believe, the quote was you have republican blood flowing in your veins. it strikes me as a strange and bizarre statement. i ve been a judge for 12 years, senator. i m 307 opinions, i m very proud of that record. been an independent judge for 12 years. you re not, as a judge, you re not a republican or a democrat as a federal judge. and you talked about a little bit about the constitutional basis for a judge s obligation to apply existing precedent. could you expand on that a little more because i think most people are under the impression this is a discretionary matter and you can sort of cherry pick between what precedents you decide to follow and which ones you don t follow. well, there s been a debate sometimes about what are the origins of precedent? why do you follow precedent. and as i see it, there are a number of reasons you would
objected to your nomination is, i believe, the quote was you have republican blood flowing in your veins. strikes me as a strange and bizarre statement. i ve been a judge for 12 years, senator and i m 307 opinions and very proud of that regard and been an independent judge for 12 years. you re not a republican or democrat as a federal judge. you talked about the constitutional basis for a judge s obligation to apply existing precedent. could you expand on that more? most people are under the impression this is a discretionary matter. you can cherry pick between what precedent you decide to follow and which ones you don t follow. there s been a debate sometime about what are the origins of precedent, why you follow precedent. and as i see it, there are a number of reasons you d cite.
it strikes me as an important point. one of the reasons people objected the nomination was i believe you had republican blood flowing in your veins. this struck me as a strange and bizarre statement. i have been a judge for 12 years and i am very proud of that. you talked about the constitutional bases for a judge s obligation to apply existing precedent. can you expand a little bit on that more. most people are under the impression that this is a discretionary matter and you can cherry pick of which precedent you decide to follow and which one you don t follow. what are the origins of precedent and why do you follow it? as i see it, there are a number of reasons you would cite
mind my microphone on all my equipment at the park or out front but the mikes for the singers and the trumpets are still working at home people on the phones. and it to me he turns to look at me like are you kidding me because he s from music s gone the music it s thick and i just look at him and call over yeah the music is gone from us everything is gone this is ours i was. proud i. thank. us i. thank. you i. thank. you for little bit so i m going to sleep i didn t sleep if you don t follow.
education secretary in the cabinet, and you were a big campaign contributor, is she helping you with this entree? no. how offended by the way the president, according to omarosa s book, talks about people like your sister with nicknames, ditsy devos, is that dismissive of a woman? i ve been traveling abroad and don t follow the day-to-day political comings and goings in america. i worry about bigger things. well, thank you very much. you bet. erik prince, thanks for being with us today. we ll be right back. the fact is, there are over ninety-six hundred roads named park in the u.s. it s america s most popular street name. but allstate agents know that s where the similarity stops. if you re on park street in reno, nevada, the high winds of the washoe zephyr could damage your siding.