"i tend tou wrote agree with those who say that a justice's duty is to the isstitution, and that it just more legitimate for her to enforce her best understanding of the constitution rather than a precedent she thinks clearly conflicts with it." presented with a case where your view of the constitution conflicts with supreme court precedent, what will control your decision? your understanding of the constitution, or precedent? judge barrett: senator feinstein, i'm really glad that you brought that up because that quote was mentioned a lot yesterday and i'm happy to have an opportunity to explain the context. mean, iire article, i think there is been some misunderstandings perhaps, because that sentence, first of all, and originalist scholar in a progressive constitutionalist. the whole article was defending the supreme court's current doctrine which constitutional precedent is weaker than statutory precedent. against claims that we should have no doctrine ofstare decisi s at all and against claims that each of the absolute. i actually wasn't arguing for any alteration to the doctrines, i