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Protection group, where you gutted that agency. and in the 2011 sky case, you dissented from a decision upholding the affordable care act, which has been repeated over and over again, and you said under the constitution, the president may decline to enforce a statute that regulates private individuals when the president deems the statute unconstitutional. even if a court has held or would hold the constitution. your words. of course, the theory was the basis for president bush's december 30th 2005 signing statement, claiming the authority to override of the mccain amendment. yesterday, i asked...

Have argued we should ignore that simple declarative sentence which you spoke and how conclude your words mean something far different. you are committed textualist, judge kavanaugh. if you're going to hold others accountable for their words, you should be held accountable for your own word. after my personal experience, i start these hearings with a question about your credibility as a witness. i know from my history with you the things you said need to be carefully verified. that brings us to a major problem. i won't retread the ground about all the documents that are being withheld, but i'l...

One of these issues bears special mention as we mourn the passing of john mccain. in 2004, 2005, i joined john mccain when he led the effort to pass an amendment affirming that torture and cruel and inhuman and degrading treatment would be illegal in america. as a survivor of unspeakable torture, john mccain spoke with powerful moral authority about american values during the time of war. you were in the bush white house when that mccain amendment passed. the bush administration did everything in its power to stop john mccain's torture amendment. then after we passed it 90-9, a veto-proof marg...

Protect our individual liberties. to that end, the framers created three coequally branches as you know, the legislature to enact laws, the executive to enforce them and the judicial branch to settle disputes about the meaning of those laws and the constitution. of course, the legislature could change the laws but only an amendment can change the constitution. for this reason alexander hamilton wrote in the federalist papers -- [ shouting ] >> mr. chairman, can i pause there until the room is cleared? >> yeah. >> thank you. for this reason alexander hamilton wrote in the federalist papers that...