I think we are entitled to know how sensitive this nominee is going to be to the dangers of her impartiality being questioned, even if her actions are not such that clearly, as a matter of judicial ethics, mandates her recusal. I think we need to talk about that, and I feel like the American people that we meet with, who are concerned about governmental overreach, who wonder if we have lost all sense of the limited power of this government in Washington, I believe those people are entitled to have absolute confidence that anybody confirmed to the Supreme Court will not sit on a case if they can't be impartial, or if their impartiality could even reasonably be questioned.
Pete Sessions: “I think we are entitled to know how sensitive this nominee is going to be to the dangers of her impartiality being…”
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The speaker discusses the importance of judicial impartiality and the need for transparency from Supreme Court nominees.
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