How Senate confirmation hearings should better educate senators and the American public: The instructional necessity of case-specific questioning

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Abstract

This Article undertakes a systematic rebuttal to the arguments made by Supreme Court nominees and others that Court nominees are constrained, in their Senate hearings on possible confirmation, from expressing their specific views on legal issues and cases of the day. It argues that nominee articulation of such case-specific views is not only permissible, it is necessary for the Senate, and for the country, to learn anything meaningful about the Court, the nominees, the Constitution, and the relationship between them.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1407-1436
Number of pages30
JournalHastings Law Journal
Volume61
Issue number6
StatePublished - Jul 2010
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Law

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