Neil Gorsuch

Roe versus Wade, decided in 1973, is a precedent of the United States Supreme Court. It has been reaffirmed, and the reliance and considerations are important.

Once a case is settled that adds to the determinacy of the law.

The Supreme Court of the United States has held in Roe vs. Wade that a fetus is not a person. That’s the law of the land. I accept the law of the land.

Many of the arguments before us today follow a sadly familiar pattern. Yes, promises were made but the price of keeping them has become too great so now we should just cast a blind eye. We reject that thinking.

We divide power in a way that was quite unique. Federalism. You can think of separation of powers as having a horizontal axis and a vertical axis.

I participated in 2,700 opinions over 10 and a half years. And if you want cases where I've ruled for the little guy as well as the big guy, there are plenty of them, Senator.

There's a great deal about this process I regret. I regret putting my family through this.

I would have walked out the door. It's not what judges do.

When I became a judge, they gave me a gavel, not a rubber stamp. And nobody comes to my court expecting a rubber stamp.

When anyone criticizes the honesty or integrity, the motives of a federal judge, now, I find that disheartening. I find that demoralizing.

I take an oath written by this Congress; it is a beautiful oath.

That is your constitutional responsibility, and this body's, and it would be presumptuous of me as a judge at once to say I like or dislike the work of the U.S. Supreme Court as a lower court judge.