New at Reason: Steve Chapman on the Virtues of Supreme Court Silence

July 20, 2009

Millions of Americans tuned in last week to Sonia Sotomayor's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. What did they learn? "Nothing," Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe told The New York Times. Actually, writes Steve Chapman, we did learn something—that we should stop inviting Supreme Court nominees to testify in confirmation hearings.

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