when you look at everything from lockner to pierce, society of sisters, meyer v. nebraska, gris wald, lawrence, you find these are moral arguments, not defense of rights of individuals. >> thank you, judge. my name is justin pearson, an attorney at institute of justice. >> okay. could you speak a little closer to the microphone so we can hear you better. >> my question directed at congressman desantos. the duty to not support unconstitutional legislation. my question to you, congressman, whether you think that is mutually exclusive with the role of courts to use the constitution to serve as additional bulwark against legislative encroachments as hamilton promised in federalist 78 when elected officials fail to fulfill that duty. >> justice scalia would say this, the idea of review is not policy questions, this is a lawyer's job. have you a constitutional text. have you a statutory text. if they are harmonious, then fine. if there's a conflict, your job is to identify the conflict and prefer fundamental laws representing constitution over transient impulses of the

and when you look at everything from lockner to pierce v. society of sisters, miner, griswold, lawrence, you find these are essentially morals arguments, they're not defense of rights of the individuals. >> my name is justin pearson, i'm an attorney at the institute of justice. >> can you speak a little closer to the microphone. >> my question is directed at congressman desantis. i want to preface this by saying i appreciate what you said about the duty of elected officials to not support unconstitutional legislation. bymy question to you, congressman, is whether you think that is mutually exclusive with the role of courts to use the constitution to serve as an additional bulwark against legislative encroachments as hamilton promised in federalist when elected officials nail to fulfill that duty? >> oh, no, abslutly, justice scalia would say the idea of judicial rejew is not that we're smarter and know these great policy questions, it's a lawyer's job. you have a constitutional tech and a statutory text. if they're harmonious, fipe. if there