Ben Sasse: “Our role is to decide cases and controversies between the people under law as it is, not as we would wish it to be.”

the idea that judges sitting before this panel should not weigh in on hypothetical cases that are likely to come before the Court, nominees do, nonetheless, have a duty to be very clear about their judicial philosophy, their legal views…

The First Amendment gives people the absolute right to be abject moral idiots.

I think it should be a decision for the Supreme Court to make about whether or not there are cameras in the courtroom, not a decision for the Article I branch to make for Article III.

It is shameful that some people with disabilities are being paid subminimum wage.