Entry Posted July 16, 2009
http://www.slate.com/id/2222936/pagenum/all Dahlia Lithwick:
“So consider this: Republicans came into these hearings with nothing to lose. They were never going to block this nomination, but they could have used these days to make it clear they are not the party of Rush Limbaugh and Joe the Plumber. They could have questioned Sotomayor about her record, her views, even asked a tough question or two about wise Latina women. They opted not to.
“Democrats also came into these hearings with nothing to lose. They were going to seat this nominee, tee up the next two, and school the American people on why the Supreme Court matters and how it’s letting them down and explain why balls and strikes are half the equation. They opted not to. When you think of it that way, beyond just being a waste of time, these hearings were also a waste of a thousand opportunities.”
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… Roberts, any of Bush's nominees for the Federal bench or any judicial nominee for anything. After all, practically everybody who's ever lost in court thinks the judgment was bogus. We just don't think dirty enough, that's all. In fact, according toDahlia Lithwick in Slate, there's no evidence that we were thinking, period. So consider this: Republicans came into these hearings with nothing to lose. They were never going to block this nomination, but they could have used these days to make it clear they are not the …
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… many were of different races and colors. America’s future was waiting in line to get a glimpse of a hearing at which the woman who will become this country’s first Hispanic justice was repeatedly called out as someone with a race problem.Dahlia Lithwick …
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