WATCH: Sen. Richard Blumenthal Questions Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett Pf Changs [dwJPNMl52SV]

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., questioned Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Oct. 14, the third day of the Senate Judiciary Committees Supreme Court confirmation hearing. Blumenthal asked Barrett about her legal position regarding judicial decisions on a range of fundamental cases, including Lawrence v. Texas, which held that joni lamb the government cannot criminalize gay and lesbian relationships, bangladesh vs pakistan and Obergefell v. Hodges, which upheld marriage equality.

Sen. ap swatch collab Blumenthal, every time you ask me a question about whether a case was correctly decided or not, I cannot answer that question because I cannot suggest agreement or disagreement with precedents of the Supreme Court, Barrett said. All of those precedents bind me now as Seventh Circuit judge, and were I to be confirmed, I would be responsible for applying the law of stare decisis to all of them.

In response to her answer, Blumenthal stated that he believes a lot of Americans will be scared by the idea that people who want to simply marry or have a relationship with the person they love could find it criminalized or could find marriage equality cut back." He added that it would be an America where I would not want to live.

To suggest that thats the kind of America I want to create isnt based in any facts in my record, Barrett said.

Blumenthal also asked Barrett to speak to her position on climate change, quoting a response she gave during yesterdays hearing in which she said she would not say she has firm views on it. He asked if she believes human beings have caused global warming.

I dont think that my views on global warming or climate change are relevant to the job I would do as a judge, nor do I feel like I have views that are informed enough, and I havent studied scientific data, Barrett said. Im not really in a position to offer any kind of informed opinion on what I think causes .

The hearing came about three weeks before Election Day. The third of four days of scheduled testimony gave senators another opportunity to ask Barrett about her record and approach to the law.

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