I want to understand better those views of the Constitution and how they square with modern day life.

The Court gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act and, with it, suppressed African-American votes.

Leading political scientists have concluded that our Government now resembles a plutocracy more than a representative democracy.

The American people are entitled to see you answer probing, thorough, and challenging questions about your views on a wide range of constitutional issues.

Donald Trump's litmus tests for his Supreme Court nominees were crystal clear.

He called our constitutionally protected free press 'the enemy of the American people.'

I do not want to cut you off.

We are really trying to figure out this judge and what makes him tick and what his values are.

We need to do our jobs.

no man is above the law, and that is an important tenet for our democracy.

I will concede that point. But your lack of memory at the moment, and contrast that with your clear statement that you believe that the McCain bill, which I supported, outlawed waterboarding.

It is our duty up here to determine if you will uphold the motto on the Supreme Court building itself, to help all Americans achieve equal justice under law.

Let me be clear. When I talk about expanding freedom, I am not talking about freedom for corporations. 'We the people' does not include corporations.

We have an independent Federal judiciary, and it needs to be respected as such.

The role of the Supreme Court in creating this crisis cannot be emphasized enough.

But I am asking your reaction to these things. Do you feel that what Professor Finnis wrote about purity of culture and such is something that we should condemn or congratulate?

I believe we have a responsibility to work to re-elevate our democratic institutions above these narrow partisan politics.

The legitimacy of our Supreme Court transcends the outcome of any one case, but that legitimacy rests on the unyielding responsibility of Justices to put their personal political views aside to decide cases on their merits.

I am troubled by the results in those cases for those real people, but also for the broader issues that those decisions reflect in workers' safety and consumer protection.

The IDEA demands more. It requires an educational program reasonably calculated to enable a child to make progress appropriate in light of the child's circumstances.

I need to know that you understand the role of the courts in protecting the rights of all Americans.

This strikes at the heart of the Supreme Court's promise to provide equal justice under the law.

Judge Gorsuch, your nomination has been championed by the ideologically driven Federalist Society and Heritage Foundation.

If Judge Gorsuch is confirmed, he will be called on to consider the lawfulness of some of those policies.

Countless rules could be in jeopardy, protections that matter to the American people would be compromised, and there would be widespread uncertainty.