Religious liberty advocates. Democrats questioned whether her personal views would override her legal judgment. This is the five minutes. 35 minutes. Senator mcconnell thank you for joining us today. For eight years we had an administration that had a particular approach to judges that could best be described as the empathy standard. President obama said on a number of occasions that he wanted judges who had empathy for parties. Well the problem with that, if youre not the party for whom the judge has empathy, youre in for a pretty rough ride this administration, the trump administration, has taken the approach, the rather quaint approach, that the job of a judge is to try to interpret the law as its written. Justice scalia used to say if youre not uncomfortable occasionally with the outcome you reach, youre not a very good judge. Justice gorsuch said, judges dont wear red they dont wear blue, they wear black. And so we are this week going to confirm circuit subjects. Chairman grassley
President obama said on a number of occasions that he wanted judges that had empathy for parties. Well, the problem with that, if youre not the party for whom the judge has empathy, youre in for a pretty rough ride. This administration, the trump administration, has taken the approach, the rather quaint approach that the judge of a judge is try to interpret the law as its written. Justice scalia used to say if youre not uncomfortable occasionally with the outcome youve reached, youre not a very good judge. Justice gorsuch said, judges dont wear red, dont wear blue, they wear black. We are this week going to confirm four circuit junction. Chairman grassley has done an extraordinary job of processing the judges and getting them out and available for us to move forward and thats what we intent to do beginning this week. We often hear our democratic friends talking about the war on women, three or four judges that will be before the senate this week are women. We are going to lead off with
Come as late as 12 30 a. M. Eastern wednesday. Mr. President , on another matter yesterday the senate advanced nomination of professor amy barrett, President Trumps impressive nominee to be a judge on the seventh Circuit Court of appeals. She is the first of for strong nominees to our nation Circuit Court that the senate will confirm this week. Professor barretts experience as it was law professor at the university of notre dame shows her qualifications to serve our nation on the federal bench. She is going to be an asset to our judiciary. Of course, some on the left have tried to invent any reason to prevent this president nominees from advancing. For an outstanding nominee like professor barrett was not easy. They attacked her credentials which are truly. They cant attack her belief in the rule of law. Her writings and testimony clearly show a nominee who will uphold our prosecution and our nations laws as they are written, asof they are written, not as she wishes they were. Unbeliev
Seen bond yields go higher and feel some gains within the financial world. We will get to that in a minute. As you look at the major averages, we are seeing gains across the board. The nasdaq is particular, bouncing off its 50 day moving average, are getting close to it. And the highs of the session here are up 1. 26 . But this is outpacing even the nasdaq, and small caps have regained their recent momentum, now at 1. 6 . But take a look at the bloomberg here. Chart i have been watching since the election because small caps came out so strong postelection, and now they are bouncing, this is a ratio of the russell 2002 the s p 500. They have both been bouncing to some degree or outperforming since the beginning of june. After the financials, to get back there to them, this is trading at its highest in three months. We have the second round of the stress test coming out after the close of trading, and following that we will hear about these Companies Capital return plans, whether they ha
Seen bond yields go higher and feel some gains within the financial world. We will get to that in a minute. As you look at the major averages, we are seeing gains across the board. The nasdaq is particular, bouncing off its 50 day moving average, are getting close to it. And the highs of the session here are up 1. 26 . But this is outpacing even the nasdaq, and small caps have regained their recent momentum, now at 1. 6 . But take a look at the bloomberg here. Chart i have been watching since the election because small caps came out so strong postelection, and now they are bouncing, this is a ratio of the russell 2002 the s p 500. They have both been bouncing to some degree or outperforming since the beginning of june. After the financials, to get back there to them, this is trading at its highest in three months. We have the second round of the stress test coming out after the close of trading, and following that we will hear about these Companies Capital return plans, whether they ha