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Judges and Judiciary

Mar. 24, 2017

Slow ball with Neil Gorsuch

The drama remaining in these confirmation proceedings consists of the skill by which a senator from the opposing party deploys the "slow approach."

Steven S. Kimball

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As the confirmation hearings of Judge Neil Gorsuch come to a close, another raft of news articles, media stories and think pieces circulate about the non-event of hearings where senators try to exact from the nominee a preview of his or her position on the hot-button issues and the nominee responds with the "Ginsburg technique" - that (1) forecasting a vote on a case that might come before the Supreme Court would contravene judicial impartiality, and (2) a hypothetical or abstract answer w...

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