Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, will liken the role of a judge to an umpire when he testifies in the Senate this week, and describes himself as a “pro-law judge” who does not decide cases by his “personal or policy preferences.”

“A good judge must be an umpire — a neutral and impartial arbiter who favors no litigant or policy,” Kavanaugh will say, according to an excerpt of his prepared remarks released by the White House. “I don’t decide cases based on personal or policy preferences. I am not a pro-plaintiff or pro-defendant judge. I am not a pro-prosecution or pro-defense judge. I am a pro-law judge.”