More on the Supremes

I admit a bit of discomfort writing about the opinions of the Supreme Court justices. I am no legal scholar. I was pre-law as an undergraduate at the University of Georgia and opted to get a PhD rather than go to law school after my junior year. However, I did get some comfort on my observations regarding the Court in this piece in today’s Wall Street Journal. I never considered that Robert Bork would be the intellectual father of this court. I remember his hearing and the usual smear tactics employed abainst him. Since then the term “Borking” arose. That the confirmation process has become more about seeking to smear candidates rather than an evaluation of their expertise is a pox on the senate. Regardless, few if any of the senators on the judiciary committee have the knowledge to insightfully question the candidates. That Amy Coney Barrett did not get a single democrat vote when she should have been confirmed unanimously is testimony to senator incompetence.