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When the Senate ceases to engage nominees in meaningful discussion of legal issues, the confirmation process takes on an air of vacuity and farce, and the Senate becomes incapable of either properly evaluating nominees or appropriately educating the public.
It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block.
Theodor Adorno, Philosopher (1903) |
Daniel Akaka, Politician (1924) |
Maria Bartiromo, Journalist (1967) |
Elizabeth Daily, Actress (1961) |
Jimmie Davis, Politician (1899) |
Charles Evers, Activist (1922) |
Tony Gilroy, Writer (1956) |
Eduard Hanslick, Writer (1825) |
Serge Haroche, Physicist (1944) |
Mickey Hart, Musician (1943) |
William Dampier, Explorer (1908) |
Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Politician (1948) |
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman (1971) |
Erich Leinsdorf, Celebrity (1993) |