Kagan's "vapid hollow charade" (her own words)

From a Roger Simon report at the link below:

Few events in government are as consciously theatrical as a Supreme Court confirmation. The senators are grandly arrayed in the front of the room, lacking only togas to convey their sense of austere dignity.

Two years ago Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan (pictured) called such hearings “a vapid and hollow charade.”

Thanks to her performance, she has shown her words to be prophetic as she is turning her own confirmation into "a vapid and hollow charade."

She also once said of the hearings a “repetition of platitudes has replaced discussion of viewpoints,” and “such hearings serve little educative function, except perhaps to reinforce lessons of cynicism that citizens often glean from government.”

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