Tuesday, July 07, 2009

More stupid questions about Supreme Court Nominee

There is a developing story that Sotomayor ran a solo practice out of
her apartment in the early 80s at the beginning of her legal career.
This "solo practice" seems to be little more than actually rendering
legal services for friends and family. That said, I expect the Senate
confirmation hearings to now stuff like:

Q: Who were your clients? Tell us in detail about their problems and
what you advised them?

A: Hello? Don't you ever watch TV? That's privileged.

This eggs against the wall Kabuki will serve as a great bookend to the
spectacle that accompanied the Roberts confirmation. (Link here)
wherein the Senators asked Roberts to say how he would rule on cases that
haven't come before him yet.

I look forward to Senators demanding from future nominees: why they
don't conduct a call-in poll a la "American Idol" to vote on who
should win ("that's more democratic, don't you believe in democracy?")

The Senate: 100 people who make laws.

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