Judges should instead strive to apply the law as it is, focusing backward, not forward.

It is not enough to say in private that the President's attacks on the judiciary are disheartening.

The rule of law is more than the pillars and the judicial robes that people ordinarily associate with the U.S. Supreme Court.

Now Republicans on this Committee are guilty of their own Court-unpacking scheme.

There is something much more fundamental here.

This 5-to-4 rampage is not driven by principle.

In case after case, you either dismissed or rejected efforts by workers and families to recognize their rights and defend their freedoms.

That President has demonstrated hostility to our constitutional rights and values.

Respect for the opinions of our judges is fundamental, as you well know.

Ultimately, the case reached the Supreme Court. And unlike the decisions joined and written by Judge Gorsuch, the Supreme Court instructed that, as a part of RFRA's balancing test, courts must consider the impact on women.

Justice has a human face and a voice and, as you know from being in the trenches, real clients with real lives, and the law has real consequences in their lives.

You are fired, buddy.

Judge Gorsuch's record also shows hostility to the Constitution's protections of the most personal and intimate decisions, which is the basis for the right to birth control and the right to abortion.

You have a special obligation to be forthcoming about your views, not to prejudge the merits of a particular case before the Court.

I believe in an independent judiciary that safeguards our rule of law from unlawful intrusions of the most powerful, even the President of the United States.

He said that he would nominate someone, and I am quoting almost exactly in one of the debates, 'who would automatically overturn Roe v. Wade.'

Still, it is not too late to reverse course.

I think you know why I am asking these questions.

The decisions made from the bench affect people living right now in the 21st century with 21st century problems.

we clearly wanted to outlaw waterboarding and any form of cruel, degrading, and inhumane treatment of prisoners.

The independence of those judges has never been more threatened and never more important.

It is the bedrock of our society. We need to know how you approach the law.

The intentional taking of human life by private persons is always wrong.

Make no mistake, when it comes to the treatment of workers, women, victims of discrimination, people of minority religious faith, and our Constitution, most Americans question whether we need a Supreme Court Justice with the vision of…

The right of privacy goes beyond just women's healthcare. It also relates to surveillance and Government snooping and a right that is central to our democracy.