And your personal views about the precedent have absolutely nothing to do with the good job of a judge. Let me ask you about citizens united. In this case, the Supreme Court held the government cant restrict independent political expentdature by a nonprofit organization. Do you agree with that decision . Senator, id give you the same response. I know people have their views, personally, about lots of Supreme Court decisions. And about a lot of other things. Were all human beings. I get that. Im not an algorithm. Theyve hasnt yet replaced judges with algorithms, but maybe ebay is trying. And maybe successfully. Were all human beings but the judges job is to put that stuff aside and approach the law as you find it. And thats part of the precedent of the United States Supreme Court that im sworn as a sitting judge to give the full weight and respect to due precedent. Those two cases were 54 decisions so let me ask you about something that was unanimous. Hosanna tabor. The Supreme Court ru
Judiciary committee will have 20 minutes to question neil gorsuch on his record and values and the question is whether the democrats will question the judge on his history and statements or President Trumps. Before that the president set to head to capitol hill to try to twist arms on health care after paul ryan tweaked the bill to appeal to the more conservative branch of the party. The president making the argument last night at the rally in louisville that obamacare needs to be addressed. Time for democrat leaders in washington take responsibility for the bill they and they alone created. Remember what president obama said if you like your plan you can keep your plan if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor. If they told the truth about obamacare it would be so wonderful for the people of this country because it would just sail right through. Obamacare has been a complete and total catastrophe. Its a disaster. John roberts now live at the white house with the latest. It seem
responsibility to come in every day and to try to get it right and then i listen to the arguments of the lawyers. i don t treat them as cat s pause. they re not there to be toyed with. i treat them, i hope always, as respected colleagues that lived with the arguments, studied the case and know the facts far better than i do. i may learn something from them. i go in with questions i have i want answered and then listen to colleagues after and senator hatch i can t tell you how many times in the 10th circuit i ve gone through that process and go to conference and think i know my mind and then one of my colleagues harris harts was here yesterday and there s others who says something absolutely brilliant and changes my mind. that s the judicial process. that s the role i see for the appellate judge. thank you.
daunting responsibility to come in every day and to try and get it right. then i go listen to the arguments of the lawyers. i don t treat them as cat s paws. they re not there to be toyed with. i treat them, i hope, always, as respected colleagues who have lived with the arguments, studied the cases, know the facts far better than i do. i might actually learn something from them. i go in with the questions i actually have that i want answered. and then i sit and listen to my colleagues after that. and senator hatch, i can t tell you how many times in the tenth circuit i ve gone through that whole process, go through conference and think i know my mind and then one of my colleagues, harris harts was here yesterday, he s often the one. there are plenty of others, who say something absolutely brilliant that changes my mind. and that s the judicial process. and that s the role i see for the appellate judge. thank you.