Misunderstood him seems to have suggested that it is a political talking point for you to decline to indicate how you would rule on a particular case or a particular type of case. To the extent that is what any colleague suggested, i remind that colleague that is just wildly incorrect. Fldly incorrect with judicial ethics, federal law, it was laid out by jews greater Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg nearly 30 years ago. It is imperative that you uphold those standards. I applaud you for doing so. On no planet is it appropriate for you to suggest that it is a political talking point for you to say im not going to indicate how i will rule in a particular case. Say someburg did of this has been quoted today. I will quote again. Judges in our system are bound to decide concrete cases, not abstract issues. A judge could offer no forecast, no hints because that would show not only disregard for the specifics of a particular case but it would display disdain for the entire judicial process. Simila
Of their choice, including abortion, Voting Rights, the Affordable Care act, and religious liberty. [gavel banging] good morning, everyone. Welcome back. Judge, thank you. A good day yesterday. Your family did great. Cleanup well. You look good. The game plan for today is to do our first round of 30 minute questioning. Each senator will have 30 minutes to interact with judge barrett and then we will follow up with a second round of 20 minutes. We will not get it done today, but we should get through the first 30 minutes and then come back wednesday and finish up and then we will go about our business. I will make sure i stay within 30 minutes and if i can shorten it, i will. Let us get to it. You can start the clock. You can relax a bit, judge, and take your mask off. Yesterday, we had a lot of discussion about Affordable Health care. What i am going to try to do briefly this morning is demonstrate the difference between politics and judging. All of my colleagues on the other side had
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Hes an ignorant person. He is very much a narcissist. Idiot. And just many, many other things. Its the late show with tonight the dossier strikes again. Plus, stephen welcomes dr. Phil and captain scott kelly. Featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause stephen thank you very much, thank you, thank you, thank you. Hey, everybody. Please have a seat, everybody. Thats electric. Jon yes. Stephen i hope you can feel this at home, everybody. This room is electric. I wish these people i wish these people had been here last night. Jon that would have made all the difference. Stephen would have made all the difference. These people are super stars. You either have it or you dont. Welcome to the late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. Thank you very much, citizen. Well, as you can tell by the energy in the room, its friday. And you know what we say on friday light fuse and get awa quickly. O
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