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...asks Sen. Hatch?

"I prefer to be known as a modest judge."

"The court has to appreciate that...they are interpreting the law. They're not making policy. Beyond their confirmed limits when they make policy or execute the law, they lose their [legitimacy.]"

Hatch suggests that Roberts is "eclectic."

Roberts: "I tend to look at the cases from the bottom up, rather from the top down. You begin with the precedents. There are some cases where everyone is a literalist. Other cases ... are broader."

Posted by Marc Ambinder | 10:38 AM