'Yeah, I Think You Attended': Marsha Blackburn Grills Judicial Nominee Over Gun Control Rally

thank you mr chairman and uh congratulations to you all on your nominations i know that you were in the room during our first series of hearings and i'm sure you were aware of my conversation with judge nathan and how it is something and i just saw it with you professor trying to skirt the issue and not giving an opinion and not having a judicial philosophy and feeling that laws apply in one place but not in others in the pick and choose that's frustrating to tennesseans and they really are not appreciative of that type subjectiveness that they are seeing from some of the judicial nominees that are being put forward by this administration and we hear a good bit about that um so miss kastner let me come to you does the second amendment protect an individual's right to keep and bear arms yes or no thank you senator our supreme court has recognized that right okay do you agree with the supreme court that the second amendment is a fundamental right thank you senator if i was unfortunate enough to be confirmed i would be duty-bound to apply the heller decision okay did you attend a march for our lives event in march of 2018 i i'm not sure if i attended i believe so senator yeah i think you attended i'm certain you attended and do you support that organization's position opposing the supreme court's decision in district of columbia versus heller senator that was an event i attended as a private citizen if i were fortunate i'm asking you you attended the event so do you support the organization and thereby do you support their opposition to district of columbia versus cellar senator again if i'm fortunate enough to be confirmed i would be duty bound to apply heller mcdonald and i would do so fully and faithfully okay so then you're saying your opinions in your private life have absolutely no reflection on what you would do as a judge senator as an attorney for the last 14 years my personal views play no role in my job as an advocate on behalf of my clients and it would play no role in my courtroom if i were fortunate enough to be confirmed what's your opinion on judicial activism senator i know that term has a number of different meanings for people for me it would be a judge who goes beyond the issues in a case or considers their personal views say it like this unless say that you were to get confirmed and a case involving the second amendment were to come before you then how should the litigants feel about you hearing their case when they know of your political activism senator i would hope that litigants would be able to take a look at my record and that i have um okay and that i would apply the law and the facts of the case and open mind okay let's move on

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Published: Thu Dec 16 2021