I THINK THAT IS AN ACCURATE STATEMENT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAMILTON DESCRIBES WHERE HE GOES ON TO SAY, WHEN YOU START TO SEE THE COURTS EXERCISE WILL INSTEAD OF JUDGMENT, THE RESULT IS SUPPLANTING THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE AS EXPRESSED THROUGH THEIR ELECTIVE REPRESENTATIVES. IT TENDS TO UNDERTAKE -- UNDERMINE THE WHOLE SYSTEM. THERE IS A REASON WHY WE GIVE LIFE TENURE TO ARTICLE THREE JUDGES AND JUSTICES. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE POWER OF AUTHORITY AND DISCRETION AND CONFIDENCE TO ISSUE AN DECISION THAT THEY MAY NOT BE COMFORTABLE WITH. A JUDGE WHO ALWAYS AGREES WITH AND IS ALWAYS COMFORTABLE WITH HIS OR HER OPINIONS IS NOT A VERY GOOD JUDGE. WE WANT YOU ALL TO HAVE CONFIDENCE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE RIGHT DECISION, EVEN THOUGH YOU AND THE PUBLIC MIGHT BE CUT -- UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE RESULT. CONGRESS MAKES LOSS YOU WILL NOT ALWAYS WILL --LAWS YOU WILL NOT ALWAYS AGREE WITH. YOU COULD FIRE EVERY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND ONE THIRD OF THE SENATE. WE INSULATE JUDGES AND SUPREME COURT JUSTICES FOR THIS REASON. IT IS BECAUSE POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY IS IMPORTANT. THIS IS BORN OUT OF THE JUDICIAL ALL, --OATH. YOU WILL SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT YOU WILL ADMINISTER JUSTICE WITHOUT -- AND YOU WILL DO IT BASICALLY. -- FAITHFULLY. YOU WILL DO IT WITHOUT CONSIDERATION WITHOUT EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANCES, POLICY CONSIDERATIONS OR OTHERWISE. THIS RELATES TO SOME INTERESTING -- INTERACTIONS YOU WHEN I HAD BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE. ON YOUR CONFIRMATION TO THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS. I SUBMITTED SOME QUESTIONS TO THE RECORD IN WHICH I ASKED YOU WHETHER TO WHAT EXTENT THE CONSTITUTION PROTECTS RIGHTS THAT ARE NOT ENUMERATED WITHIN THE CONSTITUTION ITSELF AND IF SO, TO SPECIFY WHAT THOSE RIGHTS WERE. YOU RESPONDED BY SENDING ANOTHER OF CASES LIKE ROE V. WADE AND LOVING VERSUS VIRGINIA. YOU SUGGESTED THAT THE NINTH AMENDMENT WAS A SOURCE FOR SUCH RIGHTS. THE NINTH AMERICAN -- AMENDMENT STATES THAT THE ENUMERATION IN THE CONSTITUTION OF CERTAIN RIGHTS SHOULD NOT BE USED TO DISPARAGE OTHERS. WHAT SPECIFIC RIGHTS AS THE SUPREME COURT IDENTIFIED AS FLOWING FROM THE NINTH AMENDMENT AND BY THAT, SPECIFICALLY FROM THE RIGHT AMENDMENT -- NIGHT AMENDMENT -- NINTH AMENDMENT -- OTHER FEATURES THAT MIGHT BACK UP A PARTICULAR RULING. WHAT RIGHTS HAS THE CONSTITUTION IDENTIFIED AS FLOWING SPECIFICALLY FROM THE NINTH AMENDMENT? HON. :