my wife, mary ellen bork, in the gray suit -- my daughter,ellen bork in the burgundy, my son charles, and my sonrobert, jr. and as senator hatch mentioned, mrs. potter stewart,who is a neighbor of ours, is with us today. welcome all. thank you for being here. i want to begin by thanking the placingmy name in nomination for this most important position. i amflattered and humbled to have been selected. if confirmed, i assure the senate that i will approach the energeticallyand enthusiastically and will endeavor to the best of my ability tolive up to the confidence placed in me. i also want to thank president ford and senators dole and danforth and congressman fish for their warm remarks in introducingme to the senate and to this committee. as you have said, quite correctly, mr. chairman, and as othershave said here today, this is in large measure a discussion of judicial philosophy, and i want to make a few remarks at the outset on that subject of central interest. that is, my understanding of how a judge should go about his orher work. that may also be described as my philosophy of the