Because of my time zone, it's difficult to watch the live hearings on the nomination of Judge Sonya Sotomayor to the US Supreme Court. However replays are pretty easy to come by. What's really striking is how annoyed I got by the senators on the panel from the first moments of the bluster and puffery of their opening statements. During these - were it a courtroom - I'm sure Judge Sotomayor would have surely banged her gavel and asked archly, "Excuse me, Senator, but is there a question in there somewhere?" In fact on one day Sotomayor was only able to speak for about 8 mins in over 3 hours of Senatorial grandstanding. So we endure our elected officials doing nothing but wanting to make themselves heard on some point important only to them or worse, their party backers.
Said Sen. Jeff Session (R-AL) in a discourse about letting personal feelings influence a judges decision,"In truth, it's more akin to politics, and politics has no place in the courtroom."If only that were true in the hearing chamber, Mr Senator.
- Farmer Ted
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