certainly this Ford/Feinstein krap has made a mockery.. a laughing stock... of the Senate Judiciary Committee ...
it has to be avoided in future FOR SURE!
(whether this obtains or not is not up to the president, however, its up to the Senate how to conduct its business...)
Trump will be replacing RBG with a women. Should sail through. The crazy lib women will try to eat one of their own..... they might like it.
It does.
The Socialist Dem use each occasion to stress and weaken the institution. And now we see threats of physical danger for both the nominee and his/her family. And conceivably, such threats continue for the nominee's term on the court.
It would seem important to set a deadline. For example, public comments and pubic witnesses are to be presented within ____ days (perhaps 7-10). That would make the fabrication of seemingly credible - but false - claims a bit more difficult and tend curtail the number of claimants.
The Dems would be comfortable with that; see Janet Reno's 15 minute confirmation which was limited to two questions per R (as I recall).