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Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings: Live Stream

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lawhawk7/14/2009 9:22:08 am PDT

Nor would you ever expect to see such a thing at these confirmation hearings. They’re now highly orchestrated events and the candidates are schooled by handlers to avoid answering questions that might shed real light on judicial philosophy. It’s an outgrowth of the Bork, Thomas, and Ginsberg confirmations.

It’s getting candidates to make statements without giving away their philosophies - and it is troublesome particularly when you have a candidate with few writings to point at (see Souter aka stealth nominations).