judge jackson. you have served as a trial court judge ib have. you have served as an appellate court judge. i have. and with any luck on your way to serve as a supreme court justice. one of the things very different about trial court judges and appellate court judges is what their role is with respect to fact finding. it s my belief, from my time spent as a practicing lawyer, that the role of fact finding belongs at the trial court level. that s where you can look witnesses in the eye. that s where evidence can be amassed. that s where the trial judge has the responsibility of sifting through it. if there is a jury, then the jury, of course, is the ultimate fact finder but if you re in a
0 of marriage, correct? i am aware there are various religious faiths that define marriage in a traditional way. do you see that when the supreme court makes a dramatic pronouncement about the invalidity about state marriage laws, it will inevitably set in conflict between those who ascribe to the supreme court s edict and those who have a firmly held religious belief that marriage is between a man and a woman? well, senator, these issues are being litigated, as you know, throughout the courts i as people raise issues and so, i m limited in what i can say about them. i m aware there are cases i m not asking you to decide a case or predict how you would decide in the future. i m asking isn t it apparent that when the supreme court decided something that is not even in the constitution is a fundamental right and no state can pass any law that conflicts with the supreme court s edict, particularly in an area where people have sincerely held religious believes, doesn t that effec
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