The purpose of this is to dissuade other good judges from being nominated.
Play ball with a GOP President? Get slimed and smeared to no end.
> The purpose of this is to dissuade other good judges from being nominated. <
Good point. Any future potential SC nominee will have to think long and hard about accepting the nomination. Do I want to subject my family to great embarrassment based on something I * might * have said or done 30 years ago?
Of course this will only apply to Republican nominees.