Ben Sasse: ‘A Whole Bunch of Democrats … Want a Judge To Be a Super-Legislator’

‘That’s not what our founders wanted’

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BAIER: "A lot of the Democrats opening statements had to do with being mad about Merrick Garland not being moved forward. President Obama's pick. And also about concerns about different issues." 
SASSE: "Because there's a whole bunch of Democrats on the committee who frankly want a judge to be a super legislator. That's not what our founders wanted. It's not but the constitutional duty is, not what the oath is. Not with the American people want what you have Democrats saying I wish the outcome were different. You should have made it so. He says I'm not an emperor. I'm a judge and I have to deal with the law as it is, not as I wish it to be."

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