Hirono: Wait, are you telling me policy considerations are something *we* should address? Barrett: Yes, you write the laws.
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The really astounding thing was how Hirono seemed genuinely baffled by the concept that maybe the job of a judge is not the same as the job of a legislator. As if hearing it for the first time. https://twitter.com/ishapiro/status/1316119240945082368 …
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Hirono says that a distinction between making policy & reading law is "a fiction" - wholly rejects the idea that judges are not exactly the same as legislators.
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Hirono says that she guesses that Barrett disagrees with caring about people.
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Hirono has to ask Barrett for the word "severability" which was unfamiliar to her, a person who writes federal laws for a living.
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Hirono's tone of voice constantly suggests a person reading something aloud for the first time without knowing what most of the words mean.
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Hirono has now reached the inflection where a question mark goes about a dozen times without stopping to see if Barrett might answer.
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Wait, is that verbatim from Hirono?
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