Abstract
This article in The Conversation on March 21, 2016 and moves beyond the conventional wisdom espoused by Biden, Kagan and others, and presents a strong case for an alternative view of the hearings. Examining every statement made at confirmation hearings from 1939 to 2010, we conclude the hearings are important to the health of American democracy. Based on this, we’d like to see partisan politics pushed aside and Judge Merrick Garland to get a hearing.
Repository Citation
Ringhand, Lori A. and Collins, Paul, "What Two Legal Scholars Learned From Studying 70 Years of Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings" (2016). Popular Media. 259.
https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/fac_pm/259
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