he also stated that roe has been reaffirmed many times. i also spoke with judge kavanaugh about this issue in 2018. i asked him whether he believes that roe was settled law and if so, whether it was correctly settled. justice kavanaugh said that roe, quote, is settled as a precedent of the supreme court, end quote. he said that roe, quote, has been reaffirmed many times over the past 45 years and most prominently, most importantly, reaffirmed in planned parent hood versus casey, end quote. and he describes casey as having the value of a precedent on precedent, end quote. i most recently spoke about this issue with justice barrett
in 2020. i asked her whether she agreed with justice scalia s view that roe was wrongly decided. she committed to, quote, obey all the rules of she said she had no eye gend to try to overrule casey, end quote. so here is the question. do you agree with justice kavanaugh that roe v. wade is settled as a precedent and will you like justice barrett commit to obey all the rules of stare decisis in issues related to abortion, end quote. thank you, senator. i do agree with both justice kavanaugh and justice barrett
questions. you have to think that she heavily prepared for that heading into this knowing it was out there. absolutely. there are those murder boards we talk about, the mock trial interview things you go through where she is pressed by people to answer tough and uncomfortable questions. she those the topic is out there, soft on crime and thoroughly prepped backwards and forwards on that and issues like abortion like senator feinstein and precedent asked from chuck grassley who chaired it in the past and chaired these types of hearings in the past about free speech for conservatives and liberals about gun rights, the right to own and possess a gun in the country. all of the issues she is prepared for. some of the more personal stuff she faced from senator graham who was trying to give her defense in saying listen the mistreatment of justices kavanaugh and barrett we don t
she is not going to have to always follow precedent. now she will be making precedent. fair enough. they are not as bound as the lower courts are like the court she is now on to follow the supreme court s precedent. live inside the room senator dick durbin chatting away as we expect the recess or temporary break they took 15 minutes they said. it broke at 32 after the hour. we expect it the resume shortly. let s check in with shannon bream our chief legal correspondent. shannon, you have been observing every moment of this. the chairman, dick durbin immediately started out by going after the complaints or accusations against judge jackson. he asked her about those accusations that she is soft on crime and probed about the decisions she made in sentencing people with child pornography. the long-term impacts of people
trials. as you know from your service on the district court it is important for appeals courts and episcopal tli supreme court, to be clear in their decisions. the clarity is necessary as you well know, for trial judges to effectively do their job and properly apply legal precedents that are fair and consistent. as a district judge, you were responsible for applying precedent from the supreme court and the courts of appeal to your case, and now as a judge in the d.c. circuit, you are drafting those precedents. your experience as a trial judge is one of your most significant assets, and i just want to add a personal comment. this is a tough place and you are handling it very well. and i appreciate your directness and think that s important.