Yes, that`s really become performance theater. And it`s getting a little bit sickening because they all come in and they all say the same solemn statements about how much they care about precedent and how serious they are about stare decisis.
Sheldon Whitehouse criticizes the Supreme Court confirmation hearings as being insincere and merely theatrical.
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