Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) was forced to ask one of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees the same question nine times this week to elicit a response — but the question still was ultimately dodged.

During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday on the nomination of Anne Traum to become a U.S. District Judge for the District of Nevada, Kennedy asked Traum for her legal view of certain crimes related to social justice.

“Do you think we should forgive criminal misbehavior in the name of social justice?” Kennedy asked.

But Traum, a law professor at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, was not interested in offering a direct response.

“Senator, thank you for that question. I recognize that all issues of crime and all responses to crime are fundamentally policy issues,” Traum responded. “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.”

“I’m not asking your opinion as a judge,” Kennedy interrupted. “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?”

When Traum began offering the same response, Kennedy cut her off again, and re-asked his question.