Judge Barrett responds to criticism she's an 'inadequate' Ginsburg replacement

TRACK RECORD ON THE JUDICIAL BENCH. SO ASKING WOMEN TO MARCH IN LOCK STEP WITH ONE PHILOSOPHY IS EXACTLY THE WRONG KIND OF MESSAGE WE SHOULD BE SENDING TO WOMEN. ESPECIALLY TO YOUNG WOMEN. WHAT I HEAR SO OFTEN FROM THE LEFT, MANY OF US ON THE RIGHT, DO, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY SENATOR BLACKBURN BLACKBURN HEAR THIS, MANY OTHERS HEAR THIS, BECAUSE WE DON’T HEAR THE SAME VIEWS THAT THOSE ON THE LEFT DO, WE SHOULDN’T BE SERVING IN THE ROLES THAT WE ARE IN. AND THAT’S WHAT THE LEFT IS PROJECTING ON YOU. IS BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT LOCK STEP WITH WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE, IN THEIR NOMINEE, THAT YOU AREN’T WORTHY OF SERVING ON THE BENCH. I DON’T BELIEVE THAT. I DON’T BELIEVE THAT. AND THAT SHOULDN’T BE A LITMUS TEST FOR THE SUPREME COURT AND FRANKLY IT SHOULDN’T BE THE LITMUS TEST FOR ANY WOMAN IN ANY JOB. ANY WOMAN IN ANY JOB. DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT AND AN ABILITY TO PURSUE HER DREAMS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE WOMEN TRAIL BLAZERS OF THE PAST FOUGHT FOR. IF THE SUFFER JETS HADN’T BEEN WILLING TO GO AGAINST THE MEN OF THEIR TIME CERTAINLY NONE OF THE WOMEN SITTING ON THIS DIAS WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO QUESTION YOU TODAY. SO, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THOSE THAT CLAIM YOU ARE NOT AN ADEQUATE REPLACEMENT FOR RUTH BADER GINSBURG? BECAUSE YOU DO NOT MARCH IN LOCK STEP WITH HER JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY? >>> WELL I THINK THAT JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY IS AN APPROPRIATE AND AN IMPORTANT TOPIC FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO EXPLORE AT THE HEARING. AND I THINK EACH OF THE SENATORS HAS A RESPONSIBILITY WHEN A NOMINEE COMES BEFORE YOU, TO ASK WHAT THE JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY IS. AND I THINK DISAGREEING WITH THE JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY THAT I OR ANY OTHER NOMINEE HAD IS PERFECTLY ADMISSIBLE GROUNDS FOR VOTING NO, BECAUSE YOU MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT VISION FOR WHAT A JUSTICE OR A JUDGE IS TO DO. AND SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. I MEAN I THINK THAT IS HOW THE SENATORS ON THIS COMMITTEE HAVE VIEWED THEIR ROLE. SO TO ON FILL CLOFK CAL OR JURISPRUDENTIAL GROUNDS I THINK THAT’S A LOT OF WHAT THIS HEARING SHOULD BE ABOUT. I THINK THERE IS ROOM ON THE COURT, AND I DON’T THINK JUST IN TERMS OF THE WOMEN BUT I THINK THAT FOR ALL MEMBERS ON THE COURT, THERE IS ROOM FOR DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO THE CONSTITUTION, AND I THINK THOSE APPROACHES SHOULDN’T BE BROKEN DOWN INTO PARTISAN BOXES BECAUSE JUDGES ARE NOT PARTISANS. YOU KNOW THEY DO GET APPOINTED AND CONFIRMED BY THE POLITICAL BRANCHES, BUT JUDGES DON’T HAVE CAMPAIGN PLATFORMS. AND THEY NO LONGER ASSOCIATE AS I’VE SAID A NUMBER OF TIMES THROUGH THE HEARING, JUDGES STAY OUT OF POLITICS. SO THEIR JURY IS TRUE DID HE KNOW SHALL PHILOSOPHIES ARE NOT TO YIELD PARTICULAR RESULTS. I THINK THERE’S ROOM FOR DIFFERENT JURISPRUDENTIAL PHILOSOPHIES, THAT EVEN WHEN THEY START TEXTS, DIFFERENT WAYS OF THINKING ABOUT IT, SOMETIMES YIELD THE SAME RESULT. IT’S NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE THAT TWO JUSTICES, ONE BEING A PRACTICING MA TEST AND ONE BEING AN ORIGINALIST WON’T END UP AT THE SAME PLACE, THEY MIGHT GET THERE A DIFFERENT WAY. I MENTIONED YESTERDAY MANY IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS PROGRESSIVE ORIGINAL LIFTS, THEY COULD START AT THE SAME PLACE AND I SUSPECT THEY WOULD DISAGREE, END UP IN DIFFERENT PLACES AND I HAVE GIVEN EXAMPLES OF THAT. I THINK THERE’S ROOM AND IT’S GOOD AND HEALTHY FOR DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO THE CONSTITUTION AND TO HAVE DEBATES ABOUT THAT.

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Length: 3min 59sec (239 seconds)

Published: Wed Oct 14 2020