howard taft, and as the first alexander m. bickel professor of public law. for almost 4 years i served as solicitor general of the united states, in which capacity i submitted hundreds of briefs and personally argued about 35 cases before the supreme court of the united states. finally, for the past five years i have been a judge in the u.s. court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit, where i have written, according to my counts, counts of very here this morning thismorning-about 150 opinions, opinions and0 participated in over 400 decisions. i have a record in each of these areas of the law and it is forthis committee and the senate to judge that record. i will be happy to answer the committee's questions. >> of next, we continue our look back. , i have our portion of the --, a portion of the senate committee vote. justice anthony kennedy eventually fill the vacant seat. >> i would like to, at the indicate how i would like to proceed today. i have spoken with the ranking member senator thurmond about this what i'd like to do. i would like to with

professor,once held by william howard taft, and as the first alexander m. bickel professor of public law.for almost 4 years i served as solicitor general of the united states, in which capacity i submitted hundreds of briefs and personallyargued about 35 cases before the supreme court of the united states.finally, for the past 5vfe years i have been a judge in the u.s.court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit, where i havewritten, according to my count-counts have varied here thismorning-about 150 opinions, and participated in over 400 decisions.i have a record in each of these areas of the law and it is forthis committee and the senate to judge that record.i will be happy to answer the committee's questions. announcer: we will continue with the bork nomination senate committee vote. the full senate voted 58-42 to reject the nomination. justice anthony kennedy even shall he filled the vacant seat. announcer: i would like to at the outset indicate how i would like to proceed today and have memberthe ranking senator thurmond about this. i would like to w

named chairs, as chancellor kent professor,once held by william howard taft, and as the first alexander m. bickel professor of public law.for almost 4 years i served as solicitor general of the united states, in which capacity i submitted hundreds of briefs and personallyargued about 35 cases before the supreme court of the united states.finally, for the past 5vfe years i have been a judge in the u.s.court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit, where i havewritten, according to my count-counts have varied here thismorning-about 150 opinions, and participated in over 400 decisions.i have a record in each of these areas of the law and it is forthis committee and the senate to judge that record.i will be happy to answer the committee's questions. announcer: we will continue with the bork nomination senate committee vote. the full senate voted 58-42 to reject the nomination. justice anthony kennedy even shall he filled the vacant seat.

named chairs, as chancellor kent professor, once held by william howard taft, and as the first alexander m. bickel professor of public law. for almost four years, i served as solicitor general of the united states, in which capacity i submitted hundreds of briefs and personally argued about 35 cases before the supreme court of the united states. finally, for the past five years and one-half years, i have been a judge in the u.s. court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit, where i have written, according to my counts, counts of very here this morning, about 150 opinions and participated in over 400 decisions. i have a record in each of these areas of the law, and it is for this committee and the senate to judge that record. i will be happy to answer the committee's questions. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] reel america,"" we continue our look back at the portion of the senate committee vote. they moved with the recognition that