and let me say a positive word to follow up this committee in the last few weeks has passed legislation signed in to law by president biden which in cases of sexual harassment provide that individuals who are republicans have the option of a jury trial. despite efforts to steer them into arbitration. so i think that is a step in the right direction. and so i d like to ask everyone to consider returning promptly at 1:30 for the much anticipated senator lee of utah. and so a lunch break after about 3 1/2 hours of questioning for ketanji brown jackson. what the chair called trial by ordeal. just 7 of the 22 senators have questioned judge jackson so far.
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