I have always supported, and support today, equal rights for women, particularly in the workplace. |
I have an understanding of people of the first ward. I want to be a voice for those people. |
I have been fortunate for the past two years to serve on a court in which all of the judges ... put aside those (political) ties and those views and become judges all focused on the same mission of vindicating the rule of law. And if you look at the decisions of the D.C. Circuit, you'll see that we're almost always unanimous. We almost always come out the same way and to the extent there are disagreements, they don't shape up along political lines, |
I have drafted an innocuous reply to [the civil rights commission chairman]. The report is attached, although I do not recommend reading it. |
I have no agenda but I do have a commitment. If I am confirmed, I will confront every case with an open mind. |
I have no agenda, |
I have no agenda, but I do have a commitment. If I am confirmed, I will confront every case with an open mind. |
I have no platform, ... I come before the committee with no agenda. |
I have no platform. Judges are not politicians who can promise to do certain things in exchange for votes, ... Judges are like umpires. Umpires don't make the rules; they apply them. |
I have reviewed the testimony and have no objection to it. Although for the sake of any members of the subcommittee who may be in attendance, I hope that Mr. Brandemuhl is a fast reader. |
I honestly find it troubling that three Republican representatives are so quick to embrace such a radical redistributive concept, |
I hope my answer would be the same, Senator, |
I know there are people of strongly held views on both sides of the issue ... And I know that the responsibility of a judge confronting this issue is to decide the case according to the rule of law consistent with the precedents, not to take sides in the dispute as a matter of policy, but to decide it according to the law. |
I look to the law books, ... I don't look to the Bible. |
I think everyone would agree that the religion jurisprudence under the First Amendment, the establishment clause and the free exercise clause, could be clearer. |