| 00:00:00 | BEFORE THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. |
| 00:00:07 | SOME PROBABLY ENJOYED IT MORE THAN YOU HAVE, BUT I HAVE APPRECIATED YOUR, NOT ONLY YOUR INTELLECT, BUT YOUR GOOD HUMOR THROUGHOUT. |
| 00:00:17 | >> I AGREE. >> I SAID TO SOMEBODY, WE DO AGROW ON SOMETHING. |
| 00:00:23 | I SAID TO SOMEBODY EARLIER TODAY TODAY, MENTIONED I'VE BEEN HERE THROUGH ALL OF THE HEARINGS. |
| 00:00:32 | I SAID IT WAS LIKE GOING BACK TO MY FAVORITE COARSENESS LAW SCHOOL. |
| 00:00:41 | COURSES IN LAW SCHOOL. |
| 00:00:42 | YOU'VE PATIENTLY ANSWERED OUR CONFESS. |
| 00:00:44 | YESTERDAY YOU TESTIFIED TEN HOURS. |
| 00:00:46 | TODAY YOU'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 9:00 THIS MORNING. |
| 00:00:49 | EACH SENATOR, BOTH SIDES, PARTICIPATED IN A 30-MINUTE OPENING ROUND. |
| 00:00:55 | SOME TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANOTHER 20-MINUTE ROUNDSHIP HAVE GONE BEYOND THAT, BUT A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR. |
| 00:01:02 | AND, OF COURSE, I WOULD MENTION FOR THE PUBLIC WATCHING, THIS IS IN ADDITION TO OUR OTHER INTERACTIONS WITH YOU. |
| 00:01:10 | ALL OF US, WE DO PRIVATELY. |
| 00:01:16 | 7 AND KNOWS SPEAKING KBHSHGS GING WHEN I MET WITH YOU YOU ANSWERED CANDIDLY EVERY SINGLE QUESTION I ASKED. |
| 00:01:25 | I APPRECIATE YOU'VE ENGAGED WITH THE SENATORS. |
| 00:01:29 | ANSWERED THINK QUESTIONS FOR MULLALLY THAN RECENT NOMINEES. |
| 00:01:34 | SOME SENATORS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE AGREED WITH SOME OF YOUR ANSWER, AND DIFFERED WITH OTHERS. |
| 00:01:40 | THAT, BASED ON MYIY EXPERIENCE IS NOT UNUSUAL IN HEARING. |
| 00:01:46 | BASED ON MY REVIEW OF YOUR RECORD AND NOW YOUR ANSWERS, THIS WEEK I EXPECT THAT YOU AND I WILL NOT ALWAYS AGREE. |
| 00:01:53 | I DO NOT AGREE WITH EVERY DECISION THAT JUSTICE STEVENS HAS WRITTEN, OR JUSTICE O'CONNOR O'CONNOR. |
| 00:02:00 | OR JUSTICE SOUTER. |
| 00:02:03 | BUT I HAVE SUCH GREAT, I RESPECT THEIR JUDICIAL AND HAVE NEVER ONCE REGRETTED MY ROLE FOR HEECH OF THESE JUSTICES, EACH NOMINATED BY A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT. |
| 00:02:18 | I VOTED FOR EACH OF THEM. |
| 00:02:20 | I'VE NEVER REGRETTED THOSE VOTES FOR EACH OF THEM. |
| 00:02:25 | I HOPE THE SENATORS AND THE AMERICAN SUPREME BETTER SENSE OF THE KIND OF JUSTICE YOU WOULD BE. |
| 00:02:31 | YOU DEMONSTRATED AN IMPRESSIVE COMPETING. |
| 00:02:36 | KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW, AND WE CAN SEE WHY SO MANY OF YOUR STUDENTS, DURING THESE HEARINGS CONSIDER YOU A WONDERFUL TEACHER OF THE LAW. |
| 00:02:46 | I TOLD MY WIFE LAST NIGHT. |
| 00:02:48 | I REALLY WISH I COULD BE BACK IN LAW SCHOOL, TAKING A COURSE WITH YOU. |
| 00:02:52 | YOU SPOKE ABOUT YOUR APPROACH TO LAW, TO JUDGING. |
| 00:02:56 | CONSISTENTLY SPOKE IN JUDICIAL RESTRAIN, AND YOUR RESPECT TO OUR DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS, YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION, THE RULE OF LAW. |
| 00:03:06 | YOU DOMINATED A TRADITIONAL VIEW OF EFFORTS TO CONGRESS IN JUDICIAL PRECEDENT. |
| 00:03:12 | A VIEW THAT CONSERVATIVES USED TO EMBRACE AND FORTUNATELY FEW STILL DO. |
| 00:03:18 | I'M PLEASE THAT OVER 1,000 MEMBERS OF THE ONE LICK WERE ABLE TO ATTEND YOUR HEARINGS IN PERSON. |
| 00:03:29 | THOUSANDS MORE WANT YOUR CONFIRMATION HEARING LIVE ON TELEVISION, AND WE STREAMED IT ONLINE THROUGH THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WEBSITE. |
| 00:03:38 | NOW, I BELIEVE THE COUNTRY NEEDS AND DESERVES A SUPREME COURT THAT BASES ITS DECISION ON THE LAW AND THE CONSTITUTION. |
| 00:03:47 | NOT POLITICS. |
| 00:03:50 | NOT AN AGENDA FOR EITHER THE RIGHT OR THE LEFT. |
| 00:03:53 | NO JUSTICE SHOULD SUBSTITUTE HIS OR HER PERSONAL PREFERENCES AND OVERRULE TO PROTECT HARD-WORKING AMERICANS PURSUANT TO OUR CONSTITUTIONAL ROLE. |
| 00:04:05 | JUDGES HAVE TO APPROACH EVERY CASE WITH AN OPEN MIND AND A COMMITMENT TO FAIRNESS. |
| 00:04:11 | AND I RESPECT YOUR PLEDGE, AND I TAKE SO SERIOUSLY WHAT YOU PLEDGED TO ALL OF US HERE, THAT YOU WILL DO YOUR BEST TO CONSIDER EVERY CASE IMPARTIALLY, THE COMMITMENT TO PRINCIPLE, THE COURTS FOR LAW. |
| 00:04:26 | SOLICITOR GENERAL KAGAN, I BELIEVE YOU. |
| 00:04:41 | WE STAND RECESSED. |
| 00:05:40 | >>> AND AFTER 8 1/2 HOURS OR SO ON THIS WEDNESDAY, ELENA KAGAN |
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