‘When in your opinion does life begin?’: Court nom balks when questioned by straight-shooting senator
November 6, 2021 | Ashley Hill
Louisiana Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) pummeled Ninth Circuit nominee Gabriel Sanchez with simple questions about his personal beliefs, to which the judicial nominee refused to provide a direct answer on Wednesday.
“When in your opinion does life begin?” Kennedy asked, making it abundantly clear that he was asking the judge’s personal opinion on the matter.
Sanchez who is currently a justice on the California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, stumbled over his words and refused to give a direct answer to the question. He eventually cited that “as a judicial nominee and as a sitting judge, I would not want those views to weigh into how I approach cases.”
The exchange occurred at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday where Sanchez and five other nominees appeared before the panel for questioning before the nominations are sent to a vote by the full Senate, Court House News reported.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jodwFbx1gA&ab_channel=SenatorJohnKennedymore
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/11/06/when-in-your-opinion-does-life-begin-court-nom-balks-when-questioned-by-straight-shooting-senator-1159315/
