What purpose is served by confirmation hearings? Until the 20C, we didn't even have public hearings for Supreme Court nominees. Ever since Bork, they've degenerated into a cat-and-mouse game where nominees giving evasive answers to tripwire questions. An opportunity for senators to indulge in flamboyant moral grandstanding for the cameras.
Confirmation hearings ferret out whether the nominee is a good poker player. Does the nominee have a good game face. Can they bluff their way through the process. Are they smooth dissemblers.
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