WATCH: Judge Amy Coney Barrett apologizes for her earlier comments referring to sexual “preference” instead of orientation: “I certainly didn’t mean and would never mean to use a term that would cause any offense in the LGBTQ community.”
Graham announced the hearing will take a 20-minute recess.
"While my life experiences, I think, I hope have given me wisdom and compassion, they don't dictate how I decide cases," she said. The exchange was one of several she had this week related to her family.On Tuesday, Barrett discussed how when writing"an opinion resolving a case, I read every word from the perspective of the losing party," asking"how would I view the decision if one of my children was the party I was ruling against.
Given that background, Coons asked Barrett if she would"commit to recusing yourself from any case arising from a dispute in the presidential results coming three weeks from now?"
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