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Been reaffirmed by the court and have been relied upon and reliance is one of the factors that the court considers when it seeks to revisit or when it's asked to revisit a precedent and in all cases, the precedents of the supreme court would have to be reviewed pursuant to those factors because stare decisis is very important. >> thank you. if you are confirmed, you would be one of only two justices who is also served on the federal district court. the other being justice sotomayor. in your eight years as a trial judge on the dc district court, you wrote nearly 600 opinions and presided over n...

Been reaffirmed by the court and have been relied upon. reliance is one of the factors that the court considers when it seeks to revisit or when it is asked to revisit a precedent. and in all cases, those precedents of the supreme court would have to be reviewed pursuant to those factors because stare decisis is very important. if you are confirmed you would be one of only two justices who has also served on a federal district court. the other being justice sotomayor. in your eight years as a trial judge on the d.c. district court you wrote nearly 600 opinions and presided over nine jury trial...

Have been relied upon, and reliance is one of the factors that the court considers when it seeks to revisit or when it's asked to revisit a precedent, and in all cases the precedent of the supreme court would have to be reviewed pursuant to those factors because stare decisis is very important. >> thank you. if you are confirmed you would be one of only two justices who has also severed on a federal district court, the other being justice sotomayor. in your eight years as a trial judge on d.c. district court you wrote nearly 600 opinions and presided over nine jury trials and three bench trial...

0 world at large, and i think it's six months, maybe a year, but that goes on at least on an annual basis, and if these a determination that this person still represents a threat to the united states rp they are continued to be confined. that's the way the system works. are you okay with that? >> as a policy matter, senator? i'm not speaking to my views, that's -- my understanding is that the periodic review system is an executive branch determination of whether or not they are going to continue to hold people >> does that make sense to you as a way to deal with these detainees? >> i'm not in ...

0 whether or not they still present a threat to the united states or the world at large and i think it's six months, maybe a year. but that goes on at least on an annual basis, and if there is a determination that this person still represents a threat to the united states, they are continued to be confined. that's the way the system works. are you okay with that? >> as a policy matter, senator, i'm not speaking to my views. my understanding is the periodic review system is an executive branch determination of whether or not they are going to continue to hold people. >> does that make sense to ...