Judicial Nominee Eric Tung Defends Originalism in Senate Hearing

Judicial Experience and Approach

• ⚖️ Nominee Eric Tung emphasizes the necessity of carefully analyzing the law and distilling it in a thoughtful and understandable way, a skill transferable from appellate litigation to the bench.
• 💡 A judge's obligation is to fully explain their reasoning to the parties and provide useful guidance to future parties affected by similar cases.

Defense of Originalism

• 🏛️ Tung explains that originalism anchors judges to the text of the Constitution, forcing them to show restraint and exercise judgment rather than their own will.
• 🗣️ He references a 2019 op-ed where he defended originalism against criticism that originalist judges