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Feinstein, Dianne - U.S. Senator, [D] California
AUDIENCE, REPRESENTATIVE JUDY CHU, THE FORMER SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION DURING THE FORD ADMINISTRATION BILL COLEMAN, REPRESENTATIVE BOBBY SCOTT AND...
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Grassley, Charles "Chuck" E. - U.S. Senator, [R] Iowa
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BOLT SCHOOL OF LAW. HE IS A HIGHLY REGARDED EXPERT IN THE FIELD OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND EDUCATION LAW AND POLICY AND A WELL...
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Feinstein, Dianne - U.S. Senator, [D] California
IS THROUGH ABSOLUTE FIDELITY TO THE APPLICABLE PRECEDENTS AND THE LANGUAGE OF THE LAWS, STATUTES, REGULATIONS THAT ARE AT ISSUE IN THE CASE, END QUOTE....
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Alexander, Lamar - U.S. Senator, [R] Tennessee
THAT HE CAN. I WAS ALSO -- I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS PREVIOUSLY CONFIRMED REPUBLICAN APPOINTEES SUCH AS MICHAEL McCONNELL FOR THE...
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Feinstein, Dianne - U.S. Senator, [D] California
HERE IS WHAT HE AND PROFESSOR AMAR WROTE ABOUT PROFESSOR LIU. AND I QUOTE: WE RECOGNIZE THAT COMMENTATORS ON ALL SIDES WILL BE DRAWN TO DEBATE THE
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Corker, Bob - U.S. Senator, [R] Tennessee
VIEWS THAT GOODWIN HAS EXPRESSED IN HIS WRITINGS AND SPEECHES. IN THE END, HOWEVER, A JUDGE TAKES AN OATH TO UPHOLD AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION. THUS,...
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Lautenberg, Frank R. - U.S. Senator, [D] New Jersey
TO MY RIGHT. MY PARENTS CAME ALL THE WAY FROM SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, TO BE WITH ME HERE AGAIN. SEATED BEHIND ME IS MY WIFE, AND MY WONDERFUL WIFE...
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Menendez, Robert "Bob" - U.S. Senator, [D] New Jersey
CONSTITUTIONAL FIDELITY AND HOW IT IS SIMILAR OR DIFFERENT FROM THE POINTS THESE JUSTICES WERE MAKINGSOME. >> YES, CERTAINLY, SENATOR. LET ME ANSWER...
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Nelson, Bill - U.S. Senator, [D] Florida
I DON'T KNOW OF ANY. >> IN THE BOOK "KEEPING PACE WITH THE CONSTITUTION," YOU TERMED YOUR JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY AS THE CHAIRMAN JUST SAID, ONE OF CONSTITUTIONAL...
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Rubio, Marco - U.S. Senator, [R] Florida
PLEASE. I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO DO THAT. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LETTER FROM KENNETH STARR AND MR.
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Feinstein, Dianne - U.S. Senator, [D] California
AMAR. THEY WRITE: WHAT WE WISH TO HIGHLIGHT BEYOND HIS OBVIOUS INTELLECT IS HIS OPENNESS TO DIVERSE VIEWPOINTS AS WELL AS HIS ABILITY TO FOLLOW THE...
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Liu, Goodwin - Professor
BE BLESSED TO HAVE YOU JOIN THE NINTH CIRCUIT. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS RAISED ABOUT YOUR WRITING AS AN ACT DEMIC AND HOW THAT WOULD OR...
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Feinstein, Dianne - U.S. Senator, [D] California
ABSOLUTELY. MY SCHOLARSHIP HAS BEEN DEVOTED TO THE SUBJECT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. IN ANOTHER ARTICLE FROM 2006, WROTE A PIECE THAT WAS ABOUT EDUCATION...
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Liu, Goodwin - Professor
THAT I AM NOT CONTEMPLATING ANY PARTICULAR JUDICIAL ROLE HERE AND IN FACT ACKNOWLEDGE THE SUPREME COURT DECISION IN 1973 IN THE RODRIGUEZ CASE THAT WAS...
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| 00:43:39 |
Grassley, Charles "Chuck" E. - U.S. Senator, [R] Iowa
PRECISE? >> AS I RECALL JUSTICE STEVENS WAS IN DISSENT IN THAT CASE. IF CONFIRMED THAT THE JUDGE I FOLLOW THE MAJORITY VIEW. >> BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE A...
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Liu, Goodwin - Professor
USED HIS EXAMPLES. HE IS CITING THOSE FORCES AS ANYWAY POSITIVE OF THE LEGAL QUESTION THAT CAME BEFORE HIM. AS I SAID, THAT OPINION WAS A DEFENSE AND...
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Franken, Al - U.S. Senator, [D] Minnesota
REGARD THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT AS BEING ON CERTAIN ISSUES, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR APPROACH? WOULD YOU ALSO LOOK TO WHAT THE COMBINATION OF PRESIDENTS...
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Liu, Goodwin - Professor
IS CLEARLY FROM THE STATEMENTS -- CLEARLY ON THE MOST AGGRESSIVE FOREIGN LAW CITATION FURIES AND THEY ARE UNACCEPTABLE. IN YOUR YALE LAW JOURNAL...
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Lee, Michael "Mike" S. - U.S. Senator, [R] Utah
TO THAT. DON'T YOU THINK THAT IS FROM THE OTHER STRENGTHS OF THE CONSTITUTION? >> I WILL TRY TO ADDRESS THIS IN FOUR POINTS. THE ARTICLE SAYS ABSOLUTELY...
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Liu, Goodwin - Professor
ARGUMENT IN THE ARTICLE IS MERELY THAT THE LEGISLATURE, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS MAY -- >> CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION PROVIDES POTENTIAL SOURCE OF SUBSTANTIVE...
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Coons, Chris - U.S. Senator, [D] Delaware
CORRECTLY. >> YOU DID. >> THIS IS THE SECOND TIME YOU HAD A NOMINATION HEARING BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE. LAST TIME WAS APRIL 6, 2010. >> CAN'T REMEMBER THE...
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Liu, Goodwin - Professor
UNITED STATES SENATE ON YOUR NOMINATION REPORTS AT THE END OF THE LAST CONFERENCE? >> NOT ON THAT SUBJECT. >> SO IT IS A MYSTERY TO YOU WHY YOU ARE HAVING...
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Coburn, Thomas "Tom" A. M.D. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
A NOMINATION CONVERSION. IN OTHER WORDS, THAT THERE PREVIOUSLY STRONG WITHHELD AND VERY ARTICULATE STATED VIEWS ARE AN OPERATIVE, AND WE SHOULD NOT...
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Liu, Goodwin - Professor
THE CONSTITUTION ITSELF. WE'VE HAD A SAD EXPENSE JUST IN A SHORT TIME I'VE BEEN IN THE SENATE WHEN PEOPLE COME IN AND THEY SAY THE SORTS OF THINGS...
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Blumenthal, Richard - U.S. Senator, [D] Connecticut
JUST WANTED TO GO BACK INTO WHAT YOU WERE PASSIONATE WITH SENATOR CORNYN, WITH A JUST TALKING ABOUT, WHICH IS THE DIFFERENCE, YOUR WORK AS A SCHOLAR....
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Liu, Goodwin - Professor
THAT DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY THAT I I APPROACHED SCHOLARSHIP, WHICH IS TO SAY THAT I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LAW IS FIRST WITHOUT GRASPING THAT ESSENTIAL...
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Sessions, Jefferson "Jeff" - U.S. Senator, [R] Alabama
MY NEW JOB HERE I'M GOING TO BE HEADING UP THE COURT SUBCOMMITTEE, AND SENATOR SESSIONS IS THE RANKING REPUBLICAN. BUT JUST GENERALLY WHAT YOU SEE...
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Liu, Goodwin - Professor
SOME INDEPENDENT MORAL THEORY. THAT THEY HAVE ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED TO COME IF ANYTHING. AND SO, THAT STATEMENT IS PART OF AN ARGUED I THINK...
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Cornyn, John - U.S. Senator, [R] Texas
RIGOROUS OF SCRUTINY. I THINK ALL THOSE AREN'T TRANSFERABLE SKILLS FROM ONE TO THE OTHER. WHAT IS NOT TRANSFERABLE ABSOLUTELY ARE THE SUBSTITUTE ABUSE...
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Liu, Goodwin - Professor
QUESTION, GIVEN THAT YOU ARGUE THESE CASES QUOTE REFLECT PRECISELY THE REGION FORM OF CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION, VISIONS, IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT...
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| 01:34:15 |
Feinstein, Dianne - U.S. Senator, [D] California
THING I'M SURE OF, YOU WILL NOT DUMB IT DOWN. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE, AND YOU ARE NOT EXCUSED. >> THANK YOU, SENATOR FEINSTEIN. >>
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