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Richard Blumenthal

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Richard Blumenthal is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Connecticut since 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, Blumenthal has focused on issues such as consumer protection, healthcare, and veterans' affairs during his tenure. He previously served as the Attorney General of Connecticut from 1991 to 2011, where he gained recognition for his advocacy on behalf of consumers and his efforts to hold corporations accountable. Blumenthal has been an active voice in the Senate, participating in various committees and addressing key national issues.

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Mar 19, 2017

The Second Amendment does not provide the right to carry a concealed firearm.

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Mar 19, 2017

I do not believe it is, but you are the professor. So let me ask you.

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Mar 19, 2017

I am pro-life. The judges will be pro-life.

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Mar 19, 2017

I happen to think this kind of process is a lot healthier for our democracy than the 90 minutes...

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Mar 19, 2017

I mentioned the distinction that there was in Judge Gorsuch's comments on the privacy cases versus Brown in the way that he acknowledged that the privacy cases were decisions of the Court, and he declined to say whether or not he thought…

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Mar 19, 2017

I will continue to work as hard and long as possible for common sense measures that will stop gun violence in this country.

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Mar 19, 2017

No right being absolute, public safety being a legitimate consideration, is one with which you would agree?

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Mar 19, 2017

You have been less forthcoming, less direct and specific than I hoped.

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Mar 19, 2017

He was the elephant in the room with us then. I think he is the elephant in the room with us now.

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Mar 19, 2017

The problem is with the theory that, if honestly applied, does not get there.

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Mar 19, 2017

Actually, Chief Justice Warren asked Justice Frankfurter to find an originalist justification for Brown.

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Mar 19, 2017

I hope that you will be as persuasive as possible after you make up your own mind and hope that you will decide that these rules make sense.

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Mar 19, 2017

the purpose of those laws is to protect workers' health and safety.

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Mar 19, 2017

And during the campaign, a completely different Federal judge, born in this country, he said could not rule fairly on his case because the judge was 'a Mexican.'

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Mar 19, 2017

It is a great and important decision.

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Mar 19, 2017

No person is above the law, including the President of the United States.

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Mar 19, 2017

describing those purposes as ephemeral and generic.

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Mar 19, 2017

Liberty finds no refuge in a jurisprudence of doubt.

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Mar 19, 2017

The ultimate test of the rule of law is whether the Government can lose in its own courts and accept the judgments of those courts.

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Mar 19, 2017

No right is absolute under the Constitution. Is that a correct statement?

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Mar 19, 2017

The fact that this country has failed to stop the sale of such weapons and impose commonsense measures like universal background checks is absolutely reprehensible.

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Mar 19, 2017

It was decided in 1965, and that was its holding, and I am asking you do you believe it was the right result?

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Mar 19, 2017

There is an elephant in the room with us today.

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Mar 19, 2017

Nothing in Heller was intended to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill.

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