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Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) asked a Biden judicial nominee whether crimes should be forgiven if they are committed in the name of social justice and did not receive a yes or no answer despite asking nine times.
“Do you think we should forgive criminal misbehavior in the name of social justice?” the Louisiana Republican asked United States District Judge for the District of Nevada nominee Anne Traum on Thursday.
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Senator John Kennedy, a Republican from Louisiana, speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C.
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“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 are important for our community and our nation, but I leave those policy issues to the policymakers if confirmed as a judge I would not be a policy maker,” Traum responded before being cut off by Kennedy, who asked the question a second time.
“I’m not asking your opinion as a judge,” Kennedy said. “I’m asking your opinion as a person, as a law professor. I’ll stipulate, with all of you, that you’re all going to be fair and unbiased. Now, do you think misbehavior and illegal acts should be forgiven in the name of social justice?”
“Senator, I do believe that all criminal policy is fundamentally a policy issue –” Traum said before being interrupted and asked a third time.
“Senator, that is not a view that I have taken in my work,” Traum responded.
“That’s no?” Kennedy asked. “Is your answer ‘no?'”
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Senator John Kennedy, a Republican from Louisiana, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., Photographer:…
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