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Has nominated a potential justice who will cast the swing vote on issues relating to his possible criminal culpability. in fact, whether he is required to obey a subpoena to appear before a grand jury, whether he is required to testify in a prosecution of his friends or associates or other officials in his administration and whether, in fact, he is required to stand trial if he is indicted while he is president of the united states. there is a basic principle of our constitution and it was articulated by the founders, no one can select a judge in his own case. that's what the president is pote...

Uphold or undermine those founding ideals and the rule of law. we're here to determine whether you would continue in the traditions of the court or transform it into a body more conservative than a majority of americans. we're here to determine whether your confirmation would compromise or undermine the legitimacy of the court itself. i urge you to answer our questions and to confront these significant challenges. these are weighty questions and the american people deserve real answers. thank you. and i look forward to your system. >> you can easily get the impression, not just from senator co...

Congratulations, judge kavanaugh, and congratulations to your family as well. let me just say a few things about the issue that has been discussed here a lot today, the issue of documents and document production. the standard historically that we use to -- to look at nominees is what is relevant and probative. i would suggest that we certainly get that from the 12 years you have served on the circuit court, on the d.c. circuit court, that considers when you look at the docket items that more than any other circuit court that the supreme court would be perhaps called to rule on. in the past sen...

>> as i mentioned, judge kavanaugh has amassed an astonishingly distinguished and extensive record, writing authorize than 300 opinions, joining his colleagues in issuing thousands of additional cases, and that is where we need to look first when we are looking at how you will judge on the supreme court. now, i know, and it has been brought up today, that a lot of the concern on the other side of the aisle stems from the concern of an administration that doesn't seem to understand and appreciate separation of powers and the rule of law. i have that concern as well. if you just look at what was...

Which in my view contradicts our basic norms and rules, but i will proceed. >> take a vote. [ inaudible ]. >> mr. chairman, i have fears about what this nominee will do with respect to our rule of law but also about basic rights that have been established by past supreme court precedent and the only way to test what his fidelity to the rule of law is, in fact, is to ask, as i've asked every judicial nominee coming before me when i have served on this committee in hearings, whether he believes past decisions of the supreme court were correctly decided. so i'm going to be asking you, judge kavan...