Posted by Jonathan Adler: Reflections on Day 2: http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_07_12-2009_07_18.shtml#1247621275
The second day of the Sotomayor confirmation hearing -- the first in which she answered question -- revealed relatively little. Judge Sotomayor played defense all day long -- delivering cautious, deliberate answers to even the most pointed questions -- under the (probably correct) assumption that if she said little of substance, she wouldn't give her opposition any footholds. She may have over done it -- offering overly narrow (and sometimes inaccurate) explanations and defenses of her most controversial decisions and backing away from her public remarks to an implausible degree -- but it has probably done the trick. I did not see anything today to cast her confirmation in doubt. I've contributed additional thoughts to the [1]Washington Post's "Topic A" (along with Randy Barnett, Erwin Chemerinsky, and Laurence Tribe). References 1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/14/AR2009071401783.html _______________________________________________ Volokh mailing list [email protected] http://lists.powerblogs.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volokh
