I have been listening very carefully. He is precise with his choice of words.
I have to laugh when liberals are happy. They are hearing what they want to hear.
Conservatives want him to be a judge and to use a lot of words to say nothing. Which he is doing brilliantly.
Privacy is like a Victorian euphemism that means abortion on demand. He used the code word, and what, they have to assume that he means it the way that they want?
Here's another perspective. Dems can't fight him. Roberts has at least 60 votes-- he may have 70. The conventional wisdom (usually wrong) says that well, he's a conservative replacing a conservative so this doesn't upset the balance.
But they are going to lose so they have to save face about it.
So the plan may be to pretend to be harsh, pretend to hear what they want to hear and then declare victory when he's confirmed.
Actually, I want him to use sufficient words to say something when it is time to do so. This is not that time. I think he's doing a good job of remaining ethical, fair-minded, and above the fray given the pointed and leading questions that Biden, Kennedy, Schumer, and the rest of the whacko leftists are throwing at him. He hasn't let them trap him, and he's giving extremely intelligent answers to pre-meditated scripted questions without using any notes.