CSPAN2 Sen. McConnell News Conference October 31, 2017
President obama said on a number of occasions that he wanted judges that had empathy for parties. Well, the problem with that, if youre not the party for whom the judge has empathy, youre in for a pretty rough ride. This administration, the trump administration, has taken the approach, the rather quaint approach that the judge of a judge is try to interpret the law as its written. Justice scalia used to say if youre not uncomfortable occasionally with the outcome youve reached, youre not a very good judge. Justice gorsuch said, judges dont wear red, dont wear blue, they wear black. We are this...