Excuse me....but, I think that the pundits coming out the very first day just blasting her....put the Senators on "notice" that anyone that backed her was going to get similar "attention"....
Plus, the Senators job was to have the hearings, first in the Judiciary Committee.....they could have listened and voted her down...
"Plus, the Senators job was to have the hearings, first in the Judiciary Committee.....they could have listened and voted her down..."
I do not believe that "hearings" are constitutionally required. What occurred here was "advice and consent"--albeit informal.