Sen. Biden Suggests Scrapping Hearings
Thursday, January 12th, 2006 by billFrom Yahoo News
Supreme Court nominees are so mum about the major legal issues at their Senate confirmation hearings that the hearings serve little purpose and should probably be abandoned, Democratic Sen. Joe Biden said Thursday.
“The system’s kind of broken,” said Biden, a member of the Judiciary Committee considering the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito.
“Nominees now, Democrat and Republican nominees, come before the United States Congress and resolve not to let the people know what they think about the important issues,” such as a president’s authority to go to war, said Biden.
“Just go to the Senate floor and debate the nominee’s statements,” the Delaware senator said, “instead of this game.”
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Hmmm. I don’t really want to scrap the hearings. But I would like the nominees to answer the freaking questions. It is indeed a game. A sick, ridiculous game. And we’re the losers.