mrs. feldman i think it happen a year earlier. so white was at that moment he respond, we don't know. nobody in the white community mer read the paper. then they repeated it. ready much every day until election between august and november. so there began to be calls for manley to be removed from the city, the paper to be shut down, and so forth. couple this with a couple of other events, white government unions were making the rounds and these were basically cadres of people that would come into a community and make the case that you should fire your like workers and give those jobs to whites. and make people take a pledge to that effect. you are starting to see the employment picture shipped a little bit. the third piece of that was a thing called the white man's declaration of independence. this was signed by more than 400 of the leading white citizens of wilmington just a little while before the election. it begins this way -- believing the constitution of the united states contemplated a government to be carried on by an enlightened people, believing its framers did not anticipate

mr. feldman be placed in the record. >> so ordered. >> there's a solid track record of objective independence they question whether you would stand up to the current president if he were to exceed his authority under the constitution and laws congress enacted. i ask to enter into the record. >> without objection so ordered. >> how would you respond to that type of criticism? >> senator, a good judge doesn't give a wit about politics or the political implications of his or her decision besides where the law takes him or her fearlessly. i walk past a bus every day to byron white. my court house is named for byron white. when i do that i think about his absolutely determination just to get it right no matter where it took him. he said it's a job. you do your very best and you go home. that's how i approach things and if you look at my record, senator, respectfully i think it demonstrates that. according to my law clerks again, when do i dissent which is very rarely i do so in equal numbers judge who happen to be appointed by democrat presidents and republican presidents and i hate to use those w

mr. president, let me quote from the prominent liberal law professor, harvard's noah feldman to sum up how i think we all should feel about this strategy. quote, i don't know who decided that the democratic critique of u.s. supreme court nominee judge neil gorsuch would be that he doesn't side with the little guy. it's a truly terrific idea, siding with workers against employers isn't a juris prudential position. it's a political stance. and justices, including progressive justices, should not decide cases based on who the parties are. they should decide cases based on their beliefs about how the law should be interpreted, unquote. that's a liberal law professor agreeing with me. and really condemning these type of ad hominem attacks by people who know better or should know better. mr. president, i urge my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to resist the temptation to give in to partisan and ideological pressure to engage in these tactics. i described these tactics earlier, and i hope people will pay attention to what i have suggested. these are unworthy of the senate's role, and th

mr. president, let me quote from the prominent liberal law professor, harvard's noah feldman to sum up how i think we all should feel about this strategy. quote, i don't know who decided that the democratic critique of u.s. supreme court nominee judge neil gorsuch would be that he doesn't side with the little guy. it's a truly terrific idea, siding with workers against employers isn't a juris prudential position. it's a political stance. and justices, including progressive justices, should not decide cases based on who the parties are. they should decide cases based on their beliefs about how the law should be interpreted, unquote. that's a liberal law professor agreeing with me. and really condemning these type of ad hominem attacks by people who know better or should know better. mr. president, i urge my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to resist the temptation to give in to partisan and ideological pressure to engage in these tactics. i described these tactics earlier, and i hope people will pay attention to what i have suggested. these are unworthy of the senate's role, and th

mr. chairman, i ask that this column by professor feldman be placed in the record at this point. >> without objection. so ordered. >> some of your critics question whether you have a solid track record of judicial independence and objectsivity. in particular they question whether you would stand up to the current president if he were to exceed his authority under the constitution and laws congress has enacted. so, mr. chairman, i ask con isn't to place in the record an essay i wrote that appeared at scotus blog.com. >> without objection. so ordered. >> who would you respond to that type of criticism? >> senator, a good judge didn't give a wit about politics or the political implications of his or her decision, decide where the law takes him or her fearlessly. i walk past every day a bus to byron white in my course. my courthouse is named for byron white. and when i do that, i think about his absolute determination just to get it right no matter where it took him. he said it's a job. you do your very best and you go home. that's how i approach things. if you look at my record, senator, i thi

mr. chairman, i ask that this column by professor feldman be placed in the record at this point. >> without objection, so ordered. >> judge, some of your critics question whether you have a solid track record of judicial independence and objectivity. in particular, they question whether you would stand up to the current president if he were to exceed his authority under the constitution and laws congress has enacted. so, mr. chairman, i ask consent to place into the roird an essay i wrote that appeared at scotusblog.com. >> without objection, so ordered. >> how would you respond to that type of criticism? >> a good judge doesn't give a wit about politics or the political implications of his or her decision. decides where the law takes him or her fearlessly. i walk past every day a bust of byron white in my courthouse. my courthouse is named for byron white. and when i do that, i think about his absolute determination just to get it right no matter where it took him. he said it's a job. you do your very best, and you go home. and that's how i approach things. if you look at my record, senato

mr. chairman, i asked that this column by professor feldman be placed in the record at this point. >> without objection so ordered. >> now judge, some of your critics question whether you have a solid track record of judicial independence an objectivity. in particular, they question whether you would stand up to the current president if he were to exceed his authority under the constitution and laws congress has enacted. so mr. chairman i ask consent to place on the record an essay at scotusblog.com. >> without objection, so ordered? >> judge, how would you respond to that criticism? >> senator, a good judge doesn't give a whit about politics or the political implications of his or her decision decides where the law takes him or her fearless fearlessly. i walk pass everyday a bus to byron white in my courthouse. my courthouse is named for byron white. and when i do that i think about his absolute determination just to get it right no matter where it took him. he said "it's a job. you do your very best and you go home." that's how i approach things. and if you look at my record, senator, respe

mr. chairman, i ask this column by professor feldman be placed into the record at this point. >> withoutdered. >> judge, some of your critics question whether you have a solid track record of judicial independence and objectivity. in particular, they questioned whether you would stand up to the current president if he were to exceed his authority under the constitution and laws congress enacted. i would ask, mr. chairman, a an essay on the subject appeared at scotusblog.com. >> without objection, so ordered. >> judge, how would you respond to that type of criticism? >> senator a good judge doesn't give a wit about politics. or the political implications of his or her decision. decides where the law takes him or her, fearlessly. i walk past every day a bust to byron white in my courthouse. my courthouse is named for byron white. and when i do that, i think about hisç absolute determinatn just to get it right, no matter where it took him. he said, it's a job. you do your very best and you go home. and that's, that's how i approach things. and if you look at my record, senator, respectfull