How to Improve Judicial Confirmations

• By Richard Davis
• Special to Roll Call
• Nov. 3, 2005, Midnight

For the third time in less than four months, the Senate is preparing for another Supreme Court confirmation, and of them, this one promises to be the most tension-filled. It is highly likely a large number of Democratic Senators will come away expressing frustration with the nominee’s non-answers, and an equal number of Republican Senators will probably proclaim that the Democrats have treated the nominee unfairly. Some observers may even question the value of the Senate’s role.