It may be a political process that leads to the nomination of a judge. And a president may think, ah, I have got someone who will always agree with me. That's what Teddy Roosevelt thought when he appointed Oliver Wendell Holmes. He got him nominated.
Breyer discusses the political nature of judicial nominations and how presidents may misjudge their nominees.
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