Let the Games Begin

Well, yesterday the Roberts hearings finally started up. So far the hearings are a mix of legitimate questions that should be answered and a game of trying to get Robert's to tip his hand on how he would rule in specific cases. Senators will ask him questions they know he won't answer (or shouldn't answer) then they will feign indignance and try to paint Roberts as not being forthwright or transparant and thus they will in the end conclude they do not know enough about him to in good conscience confirm his nomination.

In all it seems Ginsberg, despite her activism on the court may have given us a valuable precedent for confirmation hearings. The "Ginsberg Rule" is providing judges the space not to have to answer to a litmus test before being confirmed.

Biden got pretty hot under the collar with Roberts to the point of accusing him of being misleading. Let's just say Biden is not exactly a pillar of civility in this case...

Here are Day1 and Day 2 (first half) transcripts...