Yes the hearings are vacuous. We all know what the outcome will be. Judge Kavanaugh will be confirmed. The judge is given the opportunity to tell us what the various articles and amendments are saying and to add to the drama he refers to the Federalist papers. So we know he is no dummy. The irony is that Senator Harry Reid, the former leader of a Democratic Party controlled Senate, can be blamed for today’s lack of bi-partisan support to consent for any Supreme Court nominee. He led the decision to change a Senate rule requiring a 60 vote for approval of a Supreme Court justice appointment.
This sad situation is the result of a two party political system where everyone and every idea of the opposing party is by definition wrong.
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The problem is that much of this nominees information is being withheld.