End confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominees @ishapiro https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/10/11/supreme-court-confirmation-hearings-they-do-more-harm-than-good-column/3565496001/ via @usatoday

So, I hadn't gotten around to reading this yet, but I said the same thing earlier.

So, obviously...I agree. https://twitter.com/Neoavatara/status/1315759854087213056?s=20

"Senate didn’t even hold public hearings...until 1916...Jewish nominee (Louis Brandeis)...then the resignation of a justice to run against a sitting president. It wouldn’t be until 1938 that a nominee testified."

And Brandeis was mostly because of antisemitism.

"I’ve come to the conclusion that we should get rid of hearings altogether, that they’ve served their purpose for a century but now inflict greater cost on the Court, Senate, and rule of law than any informational or educational benefit gained."

"Given the voluminous and instantly searchable records nominees have these days — going back to collegiate writings and other digitized archives — is there any need to subject them, and the country, to a public inquisition?"

"At the very least, the Senate could hold nomination hearings entirely in closed session.

Any such change won’t come in time for the consideration of Amy Coney Barrett, of course, but to turn down the heat on future nominations, we need to think outside the box."