The SCOTUS drama is playing out as usual and completely as expected - which is all the more ironic given that the nominee is the one who best made the argument about SCOTUS confirmations being more about drama than substance.
With Elena Kagan essentially a cipher as far as her ideology goes (which is also a survival mechanism essential to surviving said kabuki drama), the actual value of these proceedings in actually determining her value or qualification to be on the Court is essentially zero.
But what are the incentives for the system to change? well, none, really. But, what if there was a simple way to inject some actual substance to the process? I think there is.
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