political. do you agree with justice breyer that or with professor tribe? senator, i believe that judges are not policymakers. that we have a constitutional duty to decide only cases and controversies that are presented before us and within that framework. judges exercise their authority to interpret the law and not make the law. so you would agree with me that judges should not be politicians? yes. let me talk to you a little bit about some of the decisions that have been made by the supreme court over many years, starting perhaps with dred scott
this issue. roe and casey are the settled law of the supreme court concerning the right to terminate a woman s pregnancy. they have established a framework that the court has reaffirmed and in order to, as justice barrett said, looks at various factors because stare decisis is a very important principle. it provides and establishes predictability, stability, it also serves as a restraint as the judicial authority because the court looks at whether or not precedents are relied upon, whether they re workable. in addition to whether or not
the prep of all this? they decided that john roberts once said, he was an umpire. and she said she s not making policy decisions. yeah, i think there was a very clear strategy that they had, to make her a nominee who could appeal to the widest possible audience. not a nominee that was like what trump put forward, designed to appeal to a base. there was no way you could watch these hearings and not say this was someone who was extremely qualified to be on the u.s. supreme court. it was a tremendous win for her, and for the country. yeah. we did have some sound, a clip i wanted to get to if we have time. her discussing choice, roe, and planned parenthood, which are lines of law on women s rights
nancy of the law, end quote. 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 wrong and if so, if weathwhether it was c settled. justice kavanaugh said, quote, roe 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 parenthood v. casey and described casey of having the value of precedent on precedent, end quote. i most recently spoke about this issue with justice barrett in
the outcome that is likely to come here with the democratic majority on the committee and the senate, there doesn t seem to be anything that came out this morning that would jeopardize her chances. as usual in these hearings, it s quite clear that the nominee, especially this nominee knows about 100 times more about the law than any of these senators do, and that has come out whenever they have discussed specific issues and specific cases, but it has been smooth sailing for judge jackson. cnn s senior legal analyst laura coates as well. how do you think the judge has done so far? i think she s doing phenomenally, we are twinning in our outfit but that s where the comparison stops. phenomenally. fourth time before the judiciary committee so she s well aware of the stakes and what needs to be done to make sure she s conveying in a way that s p