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To this specific case in thinking is its similar in some ways to the steve scalise shooting in alexandria, virginia? >> brian: the guy that lived in a health club and his car? >> going after conservatives h specifically. the only connection to that, the only way to draw the parallel is because he went after country music setting. perhaps he was going after trump supporters. given weve seen this additional area, looking at possible dry runs, did he want to just find the most advantageous position...

That. the terms in the investigation, we happy now as people are questioning, how is it this long into the investigation, and because of all the cameras in las vegas, we want to note minute by minute what he is doing. >> brian: you are saying they dont know? >> maybe they know. heres whats happening here. they have too much information. there may be too many pieces of evidence that they are still putting together. very concerned about prejudging the end of this. some law enforcement folks were s...

Even justice scalia who was a big hunter and second amendment proponent himself, even he saidi yes, there can be reasonable w restrictions on this. it would be interesting to see what he s would think of this current day. in the current debate. thereve been some follow-up cases that have dealt with some of these other issues. a lot of people think its time for the supreme court to take up some of those things. we had an assault weapon ban in place for a lot of years. gun advocates c -- basically...

Responsibility to come in every day and to try to get it right and then i listen to the arguments of the lawyers. i dont treat them as cats pause. theyre not there to be toyed with. i treat them, i hope always, as respected colleagues that lived with the arguments, studied the case and know the facts far better than i do. i may learn something from them. i go in with questions i have i want answered and then listen to colleagues after and senator hatch i cant tell you how many times in the 10th ...

Origin, religion and other factors. vance v. ball which made it more difficult for workers to prove just plain discrimination claims. as a senator pointed out each case was five to four and justice scalia voted with the majority against the employee in every case. president trump and others said you are the next scalia. so i think its only fair to ask you, to disagree with any of the majority opinions that judge scalia joined in the cases. if so, which ones do you especially disagree with and wh...

How else could we have done it? >> im not aware of anything wrong with that, senator. ive never suggested otherwise. >> but you -- what you said is the congress could not legislate by leaving some of the rules up to the scientists or other professionals and departments, as i understood it in chevron. >> i appreciate the opportunity to correct this misunderstanding, senator. the case i think youre referring to is gutierrez. >> thats correct. >> it involved an undocumented immigrant to this countr...

That would indicate that you would give a worker a fair shot. maybe its in your background somewhere i dont know about but id like to have you respond to it anyway you can. >> senator, i really appreciate that and i think there is a way you can look at the question without me potentially pre judging the case. and i appreciate your respect for that and just to finish that thought im concerned that i have to look the litigant in the eye in the next case and if i prejudged that case they can look a...

Were brilliant where both justices sought to explain reasoning by look at the original public meaning of the second amendment. which decision did you agree with and why? >> senator, i think weve alluded to my difficulty here. i do think everything youve just said is accurate. both justice scalia and justice stevens wrote excellent opinions in that case. im not here though to great my bosss work. that would be impertinent of me i suspect and they would think so. i would worry saying i agree with ...

Absolutely nothing to do with the good job of a judge. >> let me ask you about citizens united. in this case the supreme court held the government cannot expend political expenditure by a nonprofit corporation. do you agree with that decision? >> id give the same response. people have their views personally about lots of supreme court decisions and about a lot of other things. were all human beings. i get that. im not an algorithm. they havent yet replaced judges with algorithms though i think e...

Ago. i wasnt about to become party to such a thing. and im here report you should be reassured because no one in the process from the time i was contacted anyway expression of interest to the potential interview to the time i was nominated, no one in that process, mr. chairman, asked me for commitments or promises how id rule in any kind of case. >> and thats the way it should be. so weve just discussed your independence from the president. theres also independence from the legislative branch. i...