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Why is it that so many judicial confirmation hearings are dominated by questions from senators that they know the nominee can’t really answer?
Senator Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), just spent much of his questioning time asking Judge Sonia Sotomayor whether she a) believes there is a right to privacy, as the Supreme court has ruled there is; [...]

ANCHORAGE — Fox News’ Carl Cameron gave Gov. Sarah Palin a chance to redeem herself after one of her more embarrassing moments during an interview with CBS’ Katie Couric. In a clip from the Couric interview that aired last week, Palin couldn’t muster even one example of a Supreme Court decision she disagreed with, [...]