I am worried about the ordinary American, and sometimes even the non-American.
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I have seen all kinds of judges come before this Committee, and there have been a number of great ones.
There is no question that any fair observer would say how lucky we are to have you nominated.
I am very proud of you and the service that you are giving to our country.
In fact, it does not get much more little guy than a David going against a Goliath that is the Federal Government.
Judge Gorsuch's opinions reflect the principle Justice Scalia spent his career defending, that in a democracy the people's elected representatives, not judges, get to decide what the laws should be and what laws we should have.
It would be unfair for anyone to state or to imply that you then are responsible somehow for the expressive conduct of third parties.
If your focus is on their identity, the focus is likely to be different.
What you are seeing here is the confluence that occurs by operation of the Constitution between law and politics.
We are entitled to protection, too, under that law.
Any sincerely held religious belief cannot be abridged by the Government without a compelling reason
It is important to know whether you are a surrogate for President Trump or for particular interest groups.
It does perhaps its most important work in protecting unpopular religious beliefs, vindicating the Nation's longstanding aspiration to serve as a refuge of religious tolerance.
I was one of its authors. I talked Senator Kennedy into coming on board.
It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is.
It is about restoring the constitutional allocation of powers between the three branches.
I am a Chevron skeptic, and have led the fight to overturn this decision legislatively with my Separation of Powers Act.