“That is in all probability not about persuading one another. Except one thing actually dramatic occurs, all Republicans will vote ‘sure’ and all D
“That is in all probability not about persuading one another. Except one thing actually dramatic occurs, all Republicans will vote ‘sure’ and all Democrats will vote ‘no.’” “Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you’re about to present this committee is the reality, the entire fact and nothing however the fact, so assist you God?” “I do.” “Voting is underway in 40 states. Senate Republicans are urgent ahead, full pace forward, to consolidate a courtroom that may carry their insurance policies ahead with, I hope, some evaluation for the desire of the American individuals.” “Democrats and their leftist allies have additionally proven that there is no such thing as a low that they received’t stoop to of their campaign to tarnish a nominee. And I noticed all of it as chairman of this committee when Kavanaugh got here up.” “With one stroke of a pen, one decide can resolve if tens of millions of Individuals, together with their household, would lose their insurance coverage. One decide can resolve if tens of millions of Individuals can lose their proper to maintain their children on their insurance coverage until they’re 26 years outdated. One decide can resolve that if seniors’ pharmaceuticals, which already are too excessive, might soar even increased.” “Senator Klobuchar stated plenty of issues about Covid that I agree with. She cited a bunch of actually painful tales in Minnesota, and comparable tales may very well be instructed from throughout the nation. I even agree with elements of her criticism of the mismanagement of Covid by Washington D.C. I don’t know what any of that has to do with what we’re right here to do as we speak. Enormous elements of what we’re doing on this listening to can be actually complicated to eighth graders, if civics lessons throughout the nation tuned into this listening to and tried to determine what we’re right here to do.” “I’m not particular or distinctive. Severe sickness can hit anybody unexpectedly. It did for me. And when it does, nobody ought to have to fret about whether or not they can afford care which may save their life.” “Your participation — let me be very blunt — in any case involving Donald Trump’s election would instantly do explosive, enduring hurt to the courtroom’s legitimacy and to your personal credibility. You could recuse your self. The American individuals are afraid, and so they’re offended.” “However what your political opponents wish to paint you as is a TV or cartoon model of a non secular radical, a so-called handmaid, that feeds into the entire ridiculous stereotypes they’ve got down to lambaste individuals of religion in America. And that’s incorrect.” “Senate Republicans have made it crystal clear that speeding a Supreme Courtroom nomination is extra necessary than serving to and supporting the American individuals, who’re affected by a lethal pandemic and a devastating financial disaster. Their priorities aren’t the American individuals’s priorities.” “I look ahead to answering the committee’s questions over the approaching days. I attempt to stay conscious that whereas my courtroom decides hundreds of instances a yr, every case is an important one to the litigants concerned. In spite of everything, instances aren’t like statutes which are sometimes named for his or her authors. Instances are named for the events who stand to realize or lose in the true world, usually by means of their liberty or livelihood. Once I write an opinion resolving a case, I learn each phrase from the angle of the dropping occasion. I’ve been nominated to fill Justice Ginsburg’s seat, however nobody will ever take her place. I might be endlessly grateful for the trail she marked and the life she led.”