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Thats what the next case is about. >> and i would probably side with you on that because if you open your inn up for public accommodation, you have to take anybody. but if youre asking someone to specifically perform an act in concert with an act that is contrary to their religious values, thats different and you know the difference. >> i know -- rick -- >> thats not what you stated. >> rick, you keep saying these cases are so easy. watch what happens. watch how gay people are being denied servi...

I dont make decisions by myself. every case has been in a panel of at least three judges. and you learn from each other when youre deciding cases, you work from each other when youre deciding cases and so having collegiality and civility as justice kennedy showed us so powerfully repeatedly with how he conducted himself over the years. so i think ive tried to be a very collegial judge. ive tried to be civil.

Brett kavanaughs vote wont be in play the same way which will pull the court to the right on social policy issues and probably executive power issues. we know he wont reveal too much and the one thing that democrats could count on if they can count on anything is something new coming out. something surprising, for example, like what happened with clarence thomas but that didnt sink him and i think that what well see is democrats trying to get him to reveal himself but a certain inevitability her...

To follow the law as written, the precedents of the supreme as articulated subject to the rules of stare decisis. >> you were appointed to the d.c. circuit by george w. bush. i think it is fair to say you were close to president bush. you worked for him for a number of years. you can you give us some example of cases in which you ruled against the bush administration notwithstanding that president bush was the one who put you on the bench? >> senator, the most prominent example is the homdon cas...

I want, mr. chairman, the losing party, the losing party in every case to come out and say kavanaugh gave me a fair shake, he was well prepared, he wrote a clear opinion, he explained everything, i disagree but at least i get it so i want the losing party and both parties to walk out at oral argument saying he gave me a share fake and i think ive done that for 12 years. everything you do as a judge matters in terms of being a good judge -- oral argument, writing opinions, how you decide. so thos...

Violated the law by seizing steel mills. this is a time of war where lots of americans were killed. and the supreme court is under pressure to defer to the presidents war effort. and in a 6-3, but what is interesting to me justice clark, we dont usually talk about justice clark in that decision. why is he important? he was appointed by president truman to the supreme court. what a moment of judicial independence there to rule in that case. you think about justice jackson who had been working for...

Who is homdon -- [ yelling ]. [ yelling ] [ yelling ]. >> so in the homdon case, it is one ever bof bin ladens associ. you will never have a nominee -- 34r cha mr. chairman, should i proceed? >> this is coming out of my time, but that is okay. let these people have free

Ruling against a president who appointed you and against the executive branch in any case before you. you partly talked about independence, but apply it specifically to ruling against a president or executive branch generally. >> thank you. youre correct, no one is above on the law in our constitutional system. federalist 69 hamilton makes clear all the ways that the executive branch is designed by the framers of the constitution was different from the monarchy. under our system of government, t...

Matters and that they should vote on it, that they should focus singularly on that issue and for democrats it just hasnt been the case. with this nomination, because its so pivotal, the democratic groups, the sort of liberals, have been pushing their democratic-elected officials on this committee and then more broadly to be tougher, to do things that republicans have done before and were going see that play out in the questioning of all democrats, particularly those who are thinking about 2020. ...

Probably other examples, you dont need to go into detail, but you have -- >> [ yelling ]. >> -- president bush a pointed you. are there other cases that -- there has been other cases presumably that youve ruled against the administration of the person that appointed you. >> absolutely, mr. chairman. there were a slew of cases on everything from freedom of information act to some of the administrative law cases. the homdon is the one that comes to mind most because of the importance of that case ...