Josh Hawley

You had discretion in these cases. And you used your discretion to choose the sentences that you did.

Judge, he was 18. These kids are eight. I don't see in what sense they are peers.

It really bothers me, when in every case child porn case you've had, we've had discretion, you've sent below the guidelines and below the government's recommendation.

Judge, with all due respect, I will be direct with you. I am questioning your judgment. That’s what I’m doing. I’m questioning not your excellence as a judge, but you had discretion.

Congress wanted the guidelines to be mandatory. Congress wrote the guidelines in this case. They wanted them to be mandatory.

I want to be candid with you today so you know exactly what it is I want to talk about and so you know exactly where my head is at.

I just wanted to say, Chairman Durbin, since you mentioned Judge Pitlyk in the Klotz case, she followed the prosecutor's recommendation in that case.

I am looking for a Justice who realizes that a so-called living Constitution really means that the Constitution is dead.

I am looking for a Justice who will make decisions based on the law, not based on their personal experiences or preferences.

I would argue in this era of exploding child pornography, they are not too lenient, at all.

Congress wanted you to choose between 97 and 121 months; that's what Congress wanted.

I think that somebody--the more images that are there, the more punishment there should be.

I wish that Judge Jackson shared your perspective, General.

I am looking for a Justice who understands that the Constitution means what it says and does not mean what it does not say.

I am looking for a Justice who will protect the right to life of innocent infants, instead of caving to the abortion lobby.

So if you made a recommendation to a judge and that judge went 90 percent or more below your recommendation that you thought was necessary to keep the public safe, would you be worried about the effect that that might have in terms of…

I am trying to understand your view on why it is that while the images, the number of images available on these things has exploded, that sentencing shouldn't track that.

I am looking for a Justice who understands that nobody is above the law and will not coddle criminals or put illegal aliens ahead of American citizens.

I will not support anyone who seeks to rewrite the Constitution from the Bench, rather than through our constitutional amendment process.

I am looking for a Justice who will uphold the Constitution, not use it to invent new so-called rights.

So, in other words, if you have a judge who consistently sentences, let's say, in an area, let's say child pornography, below what the Government is asking for, what the guidelines are asking for, you're saying that the message that that…

Judge Jackson, in every case in which she`s had a child porn offender in front of her, she`s given that person a lenient sentence.

A few things that I`m concerned about, aspects of your record that trouble me, seven cases that represent, as near as we can tell, all of Judge Jackson`s case is dealing with child pornography from her time on the district court.

Judge Jackson handed down a lenient sentence that was below what the federal guidelines recommended.

does child pornography help drive the demand for human trafficking and sex trafficking of children?