re: #9 lawhawk

Jeffrey Toobin on CNN referred to it as the “Ginsburg rule” (that’s to give a non-answer to a question). From CNN Transcript:

TOOBIN: You know, I think it’s been very successful for justice nominees of both parties not to answer a lot of questions. The line that you always hear from them is that’s an issue that may come before us on the court, so I don’t want to prejudge the issue. It’s sometimes known as the Ginsburg rule, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Bill Clinton’s first nominee, used that answer a lot, or some version of it, so yes, the non-answer is often pretty successful.