the sotomayor confirmation hearings begin today! yippy!
actually, i hate these things. they're completely useless. not because people up for a life tenure job on the supreme court shouldn't be asked tough questions before they take their seat. rather it's because the members of the senate judiciary committee simply aren't up to the job of asking tough questions.
so expect instead heapings of blowhardism on one side and lots of non-answers on the other. our only real saving grace is that biden is no longer on the judiciary committee, so we'll be spared his constitutional scholar act.
in theory these things could be quite interesting, but in practice they come off as little more than a show. barring something unexpected, sotomayor will be confirmed. it's just a matter of how much crap we have to sit through until then.
