The Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings as a Non-Event
Tom Goldstein writes at the SCOTUS Blog: “Republicans have nothing significant to gain by making the hearing a media event, so they won’t. For her part, Judge Sotomayor is likely to adhere to the modern tradition of saying as little as necessary . . . Democrats are about to have a 60-vote Senate majority. Moderate Republican Senators – e.g., Collins and Snow – will make up for any (unlikely) Democratic defection.”