here's none other than senator orrin hatch, republican of utah who voted against debo adegbile yesterdayng justice suitor at the time, being attacked for legal briefs he wrote. listen to orrin hatch's spirited defense on behalf of justice suitor. >> if we're going to use a nominee's briefs against him in the confirmation process, we're going to be setting a shocking precedent. it would be a very, very dangerous message to send to lawyers if you have any ambition to be a judge. you lawyers don't represent controversial clients, and be careful about what you say on behalf of the client because you might be held responsible for the fact that the law was as it was at the time you made the statement. >> and here's the kicker on this to me and the thing i think has been under-appreciated. the appeal filed by the legal defense fund when debo adegbile was there said the jury instruction in the case of the trial were unconstitutional. the court agreed. the court said, yes, they were unconstitutional. they made the right argument that -- >> and those judges were republican appointees. >> thank you

to protect our seniors is a direct result of the leadership of my friend and colleague, senator orrin hatch. .. senator hatch was key to forging a bipartisan solution to a challenging, long-standing problem. so what i'd like to do, mr. president, in beginning is recognize that effort by senators hatch, my predecessor as chairman of the finance committee, senator baucus, house ways and means chair dave camp, house ways and means ranking member senator levin, house energy and commerce chair fred upton and house energy and commerce ranking member henry waxman. waxman. >> the work that they have been doing over th

to protect our seniors is a correct result of the leadership of my friend and colleague, senator orrin hatch. just as senator hatch has done so many times over the course of an illustrious career, senator hatch was key to forging a bipartisan solution to a challenging, long-standing problem. so what i'd like to do, mr. president, in beginning is recognize that effort by senators hatch, my predecessor as chairman of the finance committee, senator baucus, house ways and means chair dave camp, house ways and means ranking member senator levin, house energy and commerce chair fred upton and house energy and commerce ranking member henry waxman. the work that they have been doing over the last few months in my view is exceptional and in effect they have given us the opportunity to take this flawed system of setting a kind of medicare budget known as s.g.r., sustainable growth rate. they have given us the opportunity to repeal and replace this flawed system with one that i think is going to make a huge difference in the days ahead by pushing the goal of good-quality, affordable care up and doing i

orrin hatch and ted kennedy -- if anybody during the three years of deliberating said it also means that a for profit company can decide not to provide contraception spy a third-party, that coalition would have exploded like a watermelon being hit by a shotgun blast. it would never have been passed. you are fundamentally wrong about regulations. try not obeying other regulations. see if you can make the argument they do not count. congress shall make no law prohibiting the free exercise of religion. it applies to the states. i know you wanted only to apply to the federal government. they made sure that the bill of rights did apply to the states. that is the way the court has been moving. fundamentally, you are unwilling to recognize what the force of law is. free exercise of religion means you can freely exercise. until you start to violate the third-party. i do not think russell can come up with a single example used in all of the three years of debate. nobody assumed or said companies that make word houses have a right to tell their employees how to act. host: russell moore? guest: eve

orrin hatch and 10 kennedy -- if anybody during the three years of deliberating said it also means that for profit company can decide not to provide contraception spy a third-party, that coalition would have exploded like a watermelon being hit by a shotgun blast. it would never have been passed. you are fundamentally wrong about regulations. not obeying other regulations == see if you can make the argument they do not count. congress shall make no law prohibiting the free exercise of religion. it applies to the states. i know you wanted only to apply to the federal government. they made sure that the bill of rights did apply to the states. that is the way the court has been moving. fundamentally, you are unwilling to recognize what the force of law is. meansxercise of religion you can freely exercise. you violate the third-party. i do not think russell can come up with a single example used in all of the three years of debate. said companiesor that make word houses have a right to tell their employees how to act. host: russell moore? guest: every exercise involves a third-party. that i