far. about you and i are kindred conspiracy sits when it comes to whether the american people ought to know you and know what you think and know what you believe. to do less than that as far as this committee is concerned we have done a disservice. all the back and forth you have heard about activist or knot non-activist. we know elections have consequences. there is a group in america who are strict constructionists. they believe the founder fathers had a vision, and the fact that we can mold that vision is antithetical to a tofn people ae across this country. as we talk about it, the question would i ask to you
discuss those. as dean of harvard law school, you did two things: you hired some conservatives, which is a good thing, and you opposed military recruitment, which i thought was inappropriate, but we ll have a discussion about what all that really does mean. so a good example of what you bring to this hearing, a little of this, and a little of that. now, what do we know? we know you re very smart. you have a strong academic background. you got bipartisan support. the letter from miguel estrada is a humbling letter and i m sure it will be mentioned throughout the hearings but it says a lot about him, it says a lot about you that he would write that letter, ken starr and ole sten have suggested to the committee that you re a qualified nominee. there s no doubt in my mind that you re a liberal person. that applies to most of the people on the other side. and i respect them, and i respect you. i m a conservative person. and you would expect a conservative president to nominate a conservativ
committee so we can once again the american people can find out what a justice is all about. it s obvious this is my fourth supreme court hearing. it s obvious that what we have heard in the previous hearings are not predictive of the decisions of the nominees that came before the hearing. and that s schizophrenic. why should we have this dance if we are not gul not going to fint real answers about what you really believe. my hope is you will do something great for the senate and great for the country and set a standard in where you really answer questions. but really give us answers so the american people can rest assured that when you go on the court, if you do, that they know justice kay began, an kagan. and they believe what you said.