Chuck Grassley actually said...

This empathy standard has been soundly rejected because it endorses the application of personal politics and preferences.

while you were in favor of good ideas coming from wherever you can get them, the judges shouldn't be bound by foreign legal precedent.

I'm disappointed that you didn't use the word 'settled law' in the same definitive manner in regard to Baker v. Nelson.

Even today, President Obama advocates a judicial philosophy that calls on judges to base their decisions on empathy.