On the second day of his confirmation hearings, U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch insisted he wasn’t biased against class actions, countered claims he usually ruled against the “little guy,” and declined to state his thoughts on abortion and torture.

Democratic senators questioned Gorsuch on broad themes that involved separation of powers, national security and his judicial independence, and they also homed in on particular labor and employment cases that he and the Supreme Court have decided.