{"id":1125598,"date":"2021-12-16T14:29:18","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T19:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1125598"},"modified":"2021-12-16T14:29:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T19:29:20","slug":"watch-whats-your-favorite-color-kennedy-grills-biden-judicial-nominee-finally-gets-a-direct-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-whats-your-favorite-color-kennedy-grills-biden-judicial-nominee-finally-gets-a-direct-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: \u2018What\u2019s Your Favorite Color?\u2019 Kennedy Grills Biden Judicial Nominee, Finally Gets A Direct Answer"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-whats-your-favorite-color-kennedy-grills-biden-judicial-nominee-finally-gets-a-direct-answer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1125598&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Grilling Anne Rachel Traum, President Biden\u2019s nominee to be United States District Judge for the District of Nevada, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) repeatedly asked her if she thought judges should forgive criminal misbehavior in the name of social justice.<\/p>\n<p>When Traum refused nine times to give a direct yes or no answer, Kennedy finally asked her what her favorite color was. After she answered, \u201cBlue,\u201d Kennedy responded, \u201cThank you. I got one. I\u2019m one for about twenty. I can\u2019t vote for you. Not if you\u2019re not going to answer questions. I mean, that was embarrassing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Kennedy: Professor Traum, do you think we should forgive criminal misbehavior in the name of social justice?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Traum: Senator, thank you for that question. I recognize that all issues of crime and all responses to crime are fundamentally policy issues. So those are important issues, they\u2019re important for our community and our nation, but I leave those policy issues to policy makers. If confirmed as a judge, I would not be a policy maker. I would be \u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Kennedy: I\u2019m not asking your opinion as a judge. I\u2019m asking your opinion as a person, as a law professor. I\u2019ll stipulate with all of you that you\u2019re all going to be fair and unbiased, okay? Now, do you think that criminal misbehavior and illegal acts should be forgiven in the name of social justice?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Traum: Senator, I do believe that all criminal policy is fundamentally a policy issue.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Kennedy: Yes ma\u2019am but do you think as a person, as a professor, that an illegal act should be forgiven in the name of social justice?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Traum: Senator, that is not a view that I have taken in my work and \u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Kennedy: That\u2019s no? Is your answer no?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Traum: Senator, in my work I have not taken that view and \u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Kennedy: I\u2019m asking, Professor, what you believe. I think this is really straightforward; you\u2019re a professor. Do you believe that an illegal act should be forgiven in the name of social justice? It\u2019s pretty simple.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Traum: Senator, I believe that we have criminal laws, criminal laws that are created by policy-making bodies like this one \u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Kennedy: I got all that. Do you believe that a criminal act should be forgiven in the name of social justice?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Traum: So, Senator, we have not only criminal laws but we have a criminal process by which people come before the court to be held accountable if they are charged with a crime. And I have enormous respect for that process.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Kennedy: I do, too. Do you believe that a criminal action should be forgiven in the name of social justice?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Traum: Senator, when people come before the court, if they are charged with the crime, that is a highly individualized and fact-specific process with all who are involved. And I respect that process.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Kennedy: I respect the heck out of it. &nbsp;Do you believe that a criminal act should be forgiven in the name of social justice?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Traum: Senator, I don\u2019t think that I could say with respect to any particular case, or as a generality with respect to any category of cases \u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Kennedy: Do you not have an opinion?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Traum: I don\u2019t have a view to share on how any particular kind of case should be handled.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Kennedy: Do you have a view on my question?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Traum: I do not have a viewpoint to share on how any particular case \u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Kennedy: I didn\u2019t ask that; I can tell you don\u2019t want to share it; I got that part. Do you have a view? I don\u2019t understand why you won\u2019t answer my question. If you\u2019re confirmed you\u2019re going to be a federal judge. I join my good friend Senator Durbin in saying the judicial temperament is important, but I think being unbiased is even more important, and I find it incredible that you won\u2019t answer my question. So I\u2019m going to ask it again; maybe it\u2019s me. Do you believe that we should forgive a criminal act in the name of social justice?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Traum: Senator, I share the view that we should be unbiased but I also share the view that our criminal justice system and our process is very individualized, so what should happen in any particular case is a matter of the process and the very specific facts in that case.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Kennedy: Do you believe that a criminal act should be forgiven in the name of social justice?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Traum: Any case is always highly individualized, based on the process and the fact \u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Kennedy: What\u2019s your favorite color?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Traum: Blue.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Kennedy: Thank you. I got one. I\u2019m one for about twenty. I can\u2019t vote for you. Not if you\u2019re not going to answer questions. I mean, that was embarrassing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grilling Anne Rachel Traum, President Biden\u2019s nominee to be United States District Judge for the District of Nevada, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) repeatedly asked her if she thought judges should forgive criminal misbehavior in the name of social justice.When Traum refused nine times to give a direct yes or no answer, Kennedy finally asked her what her favorite color was. After she answered, \u201cBlue,\u201d Kennedy responded, \u201cThank you. I got one. I\u2019m one for about twenty. I can\u2019t vote for you. Not if you\u2019re not going to answer questions. I mean, that was embarrassing.\u201dKennedy: Professor Traum, do you think we should forgive criminal misbehavior in the name of social justice?Traum: Senator, thank you for that question. I recognize that all issues of crime and all responses to crime are fundamentally policy issues. So those are important issues, they\u2019re important for our community and our nation, but I leave those policy issues to policy makers. If confirmed as a judge, I would not be a policy maker. I would be \u2014Kennedy: I\u2019m not asking your opinion as a judge. I\u2019m asking your opinion as a person, as a law professor. I\u2019ll stipulate with all of you that you\u2019re all going to be fair and unbiased, okay? Now, do you think that criminal misbehavior and illegal acts should be forgiven in the name of social justice?Traum: Senator, I do believe that all criminal policy is fundamentally a policy issue.Kennedy: Yes ma\u2019am but do you think as a person, as a professor, that an illegal act should be forgiven in the name of social justice?Traum: Senator, that is not a view that I have taken in my work and \u2014Kennedy: That\u2019s no? Is your answer no?Traum: Senator, in my work I have not taken that view and \u2014Kennedy: I\u2019m asking, Professor, what you believe. I think this is really straightforward; you\u2019re a professor. Do you believe that an illegal act should be forgiven in the name of social justice? It\u2019s pretty simple.Traum: Senator, I believe that we have criminal laws, criminal laws that are created by policy-making bodies like this one \u2014Kennedy: I got all that. Do you believe that a criminal act should be forgiven in the name of social justice?Traum: So, Senator, we have not only criminal laws but we have a criminal process by which people come before the court to be held accountable if they are charged with a crime. And I have enormous respect for that process.Kennedy: I do, too. Do you believe that a criminal action should be forgiven in the name of social justice?Traum: Senator, when people come before the court, if they are charged with the crime, that is a highly individualized and fact-specific process with all who are involved. And I respect that process.Kennedy: I respect the heck out of it. \u00a0Do you believe that a criminal act should be forgiven in the name of social justice?Traum: Senator, I don\u2019t think that I could say with respect to any particular case, or as a generality with respect to any category of cases \u2014Kennedy: Do you not have an opinion?Traum: I don\u2019t have a view to share on how any particular kind of case should be handled.Kennedy: Do you have a view on my question?Traum: I do not have a viewpoint to share on how any particular case \u2014Kennedy: I didn\u2019t ask that; I can tell you don\u2019t want to share it; I got that part. Do you have a view? I don\u2019t understand why you won\u2019t answer my question. If you\u2019re confirmed you\u2019re going to be a federal judge. I join my good friend Senator Durbin in saying the judicial temperament is important, but I think being unbiased is even more important, and I find it incredible that you won\u2019t answer my question. So I\u2019m going to ask it again; maybe it\u2019s me. Do you believe that we should forgive a criminal act in the name of social justice?Traum: Senator, I share the view that we should be unbiased but I also share the view that our criminal justice system and our process is very individualized, so what should happen in any particular case is a matter of the process and the very specific facts in that case.Kennedy: Do you believe that a criminal act should be forgiven in the name of social justice?Traum: Any case is always highly individualized, based on the process and the fact \u2014Kennedy: What\u2019s your favorite color?Traum: Blue.Kennedy: Thank you. I got one. I\u2019m one for about twenty. I can\u2019t vote for you. Not if you\u2019re not going to answer questions. I mean, that was embarrassing.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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