The main audience is the public, and what it's fundamentally interested in is looking at a nominee, sizing him up. And that's what hearings do: see if he stands up under fire, see if seems like a decent, intelligent, upright person. He seems to have hit a home run. -Robert George

 

The main audience is the public, and what it's fundamentally interested in is looking at a nominee, sizing him up. And that's what hearings do: see if he stands up under fire, see if seems like a decent, intelligent, upright person. He seems to have hit a home run.


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The main audience is the public, and what it's fundamentally interested in is looking at a nominee, sizing him up. And that's what hearings do: see if he stands up under fire, see if seems like a decent, intelligent, upright person. He seems to have hit a home run.

Robert George

Afraid that he would be violated on his probation if he refused, McCowen reluctantly agreed.

Robert George

The reason I would expect a concurrence from the liberal justices would be to kind of soften the blow for the losers to indicate ... that they themselves interpreted the opinion narrowly.

Robert George

It was a complete knockdown on a controversial question. It's really quite astonishing.

Robert George

The circumstances of the event left Mr. McCowen with no choice but to give the DNA, which made his consent involuntary under the law.

Robert George