Circuit of appeals. Her life expenses provide her with valuable perspectives and evident wisdom and perhaps most important, shes a woman of unquestionable character and integrity. The presence ofse which is essential to our nation as the confidence of the court itself is in the balance. Ill be honored to vote to confirm her nomination. Mr. President , i rise to address my concerns regarding the division contempt fort others among many of our citizens, the causes of this are many and varied, the one which i draw attention is the declining trust held by the citizenry in our many institutions. Democratic republic is highly dependent upon the confidence of its people in the institutions that light in. These include churches, schools, governments at all levels for us, corporations, markets and most relevant today, the Justice System and the courts. Absent Public Confidence in these institutions, a democratic republic will not thrive or perhaps indoor. Fortunately, the Supreme Court enjoys a
To the stories that you have told, including the story of veronicas family. Very moving. If i were a justice, the commitment i would make to you and to all people affected by follows is that i would the law as you enacted it, and i have no agenda. I would not be coming in with any agenda. I would do equal justice under the law for all, and not try to force or disrupt in any way the quality choices that you and your colleagues have adopted. Sen. Hirono so are you saying that the impact of the Affordable Care act on the millions of people who rely upon it, that you would deem to be policy considerations that we should address . Sen. Hirono senator, i think that you choose the law and you have structured the Affordable Care act. You set the policies. And i think when a court has to interpret those statutes or decide how it applies in a Certain Circumstance, the court looks to traditional legal materials, looks to the briefs, listens to the real world impacts on the litigants before the co
Company and the Public Service, and brought to you today by your television provider. Day three ofrom judge Amy Coney Barretts confirmation hearing. This includes lessons from senator klobuchar, codes, and on thought. Among others. Thank you. The hearing will come back to order. Senator klobuchar. Sen. Klobuchar thank you very much, mr. Chairman. Hello, judge. Judge barrett hi senator. Sen. Klobuchar hello. I want to start out again by reminding our friends at home, people at home, that this isnt normal. We shouldnt be here right now. We are in the middle of a pandemic, and people are sick. We are in the middle of an election, and people are voting. And yet here we are, stuck in a nomination hearing. I know what my constituents care about, what they have been calling and writing me about. And that is they are afraid of losing their health care in the middle of the pandemic. Peoples lives depend on the Affordable Care act like steve, a senior from minnesota who has a heart condition and
Again for the second day violate and break their own biden rule which says theyre not supposed to ask the Supreme Court nominees about that. Also tonight, the latest on what democrats are now outraged about as they plan a new complicated line of attack against republicans. The question is this. Instead of being so in the, instead of stomping your feet, steamrolling buffaloing everyone to bet h get your way, how about common sense . Winning the first place with policies people like . More on newly declassified fbi documents showing the fbi was tracking the media and talking about media leaks behind the scenes. This is bigger than realized. Was all this about validating and justifying surveillance on the Trump Campaign by using leaked store race this they were the source of when they could not verify things like Hillary Clintons disinformation with her own shoe leather intelligence . Is this now a bigger story about the medias own role in this trump russia narrative that traveled only on
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