It matters a great deal for our rights what is the judicial philosophy or, as my colleague, Senator Blumenthal, would put it, core beliefs of the judges who serve on the Supreme Court.

Some have even gone so far as to conflate the questions we are raising about your record in the course of our advise and consent responsibilities with Donald Trump's abhorrent attacks on Federal judges.

Many of them cited that speech to justify their opposition to her nomination.

Both the process and the outcome in the Shelby County case raise exactly the kind of concerns that make it so important for us on the Committee and in the Senate to understand your judicial philosophy.

The real-life impact of the Shelby County decision was that 13 States passed laws that could be deemed voter suppression laws.

So my question really was whether you think that, on the Supreme Court, he would continue a very restrained view of workers' rights.

They made it very plain their discriminatory intent.

I have come to the conclusion that originalism is used as a tool and a justification to restrict the rights of vulnerable Americans.

We are seeing States and localities put voting restrictions on the books that not only have a discriminatory effect.

It is about the working poor who are one paycheck away from being on the streets.

It is about women having the choice of what to do with their bodies, our bodies.