You might assume the US Senate always required Supreme Court Justices to appear and answer questions during their nomination period. But you’d be wrong. As the Senate hearings get underway for Judge Sonia Sotomayor, we look at the tarnished origins of this relatively new Senate Tradition.

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  • Stephen Carter William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, Yale University; and author "Jericho's Fall" (Knopf)

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