Good morning, welcome, judge. Welcome to all my colleagues. It is a long day but i thought a productive day. We have 20 minute rounds and hopefully we can be done in time before dinner tonight and we will plow ahead and have a few breaks along the way. So, a couple observations from yesterday. Theres an opportunity here to thinkinghe nominees to the extent she can share her thoughts without deciding a particular case that comes before her. Senator harris who are respect suggested you were not candid and judge barrett, i could not disagree more. I have been here for a few of these, i have voted for every nominee that has come before the committee. They have one thing in common, all of you are highly qualified, cape will people. I saw that in just a sotomayor and Justice Kagan submitted by president obama. Definitely did not share their legal philosophy, i expected them to be fairly solid votes for the liberal side of the court and generally speaking, they have been, that they have done
Barrett, on the seventh circuit, you are subject to a code of ethics. Judge barrett i am. I assume youre ok with that. Judge barrett of course. I would submit you think that is a good thing. Judge barrett yes. Thell courts are subject to same code of ethics correct . Judge barrett yes. Gets different at the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is not subject to a code of ethics . Judge barrett the canons of judicial conduct that apply to Lower Court Judges do not apply to the Supreme Court although i do believe it is the practice of the Supreme Court to follow them. They do not apply, we agree. Going to the Supreme Court can interrupt an ethics investigation as we saw with Justice Kavanaugh who had an ongoing ethics investigation in his circuit that was interrupted by his elevation to the Supreme Court without having concluded. There is no such thing with you correct . We have no seventh circuit ethics investigation going on that would bl it interrupted by your elevation to the Supreme Cou
Television company as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett was back on capitol hill free third day in a row to answer another round of questions at her confirmation hearing. This time, Committee Members had up to 20 minutes each to question judge barrett on her legal philosophy and other issues including abortion, Voting Rights and the Affordable Care act. Good morning, welcome, judge. Welcome to all my colleagues. It is a long day but i thought a productive day. We have 20 minute rounds and hopefully we can be done in time before dinner tonight and we will plow ahead and have a few breaks along the way. So, a couple observations from yesterday. Theres an opportunity here to thinkinghe nominees to the extent she can share her thoughts without deciding a particular case that comes before her. Senator harris who are respect suggested you were not candid and judge barrett, i could not disagree more. I have been here
Unfiltered view of government. Created by americas Cable Television companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Nominee amyourt Coney Barrett was back on capitol hill for a third day in a row to answer another round of questions at her confirmation hearing. This time, Committee Members had up to 20 minutes each to question judge merrick on her judge barrett on her legal philosophies and other issues. Good morning, welcome, judge. Welcome to all my colleagues. It is a long day but i thought a productive day. We have 20 minute rounds and hopefully we can be done in time before dinner tonight and we will plow ahead and have a few breaks along the way. So, a couple observations from yesterday. Theres an opportunity here to thinkinghe nominees to the extent she can share her thoughts without deciding a particular case that comes before her. Senator harris who are respect suggested you were not candid and judge barrett, i could not disagree more. I hav
The Supreme Court is not subject to a code of ethics . Judge barrett the canons of judicial conduct that apply to Lower Court Judges do not apply to the Supreme Court although i do believe it is the practice of the Supreme Court to follow them. They do not apply, we agree. Going to the Supreme Court can interrupt an ethics investigation as we saw with Justice Kavanaugh who had an ongoing ethics investigation in his circuit that was interrupted by his elevation to the Supreme Court without having concluded. There is no such thing with you correct . We have no seventh circuit ethics investigation going on that would bl it interrupted by your elevation to the Supreme Court . Judge barrett i am not aware. I suspect you would be. Ofh respect to reporting ,ifts, travel, hospitality emoluments. The circuits have a solid rule about reporting those and you comply with that rule on the seventh circuit . Judge barrett i do. It might even be by statute that we have to do that, but i do. Yes. , i w