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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Today, by a 13-6 vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/29/us/politics/29confirm.html?_r=1&amp;amp;hp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;approved the nomination&lt;/a&gt;of Sonia Sotomayor to become a Supreme Court justice, setting up a final confirmation vote by the full Senate.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Lindsey Graham of South Carolina was the only Republican Senator to break ranks to vote in favor.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Legal philosopher Ronald Dworkin, in a very interesting podcast interview, grumpily declares that &amp;#8220;we have learned nothing&amp;#8212;[confirmation hearings are]&amp;nbsp;now settled into a minuet where everyone knows what the moves will be &amp;#8230; there&amp;#8217;s a great myth abroad in America that a judge can decide cases by saying &amp;#8216;I will apply the law whatever it is&amp;#8217; &amp;#8230; it is not simply an alternative to apply to political convictions, it is an absolute necessity&amp;#8217; &amp;#8230; Nominees are now required to stand before the nation and tell a lie.&amp;#8221;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Also, Dworkin decries the &amp;#8216;incrementalism&amp;#8217; of the Roberts Court where &amp;#8220;The technique is to overrule the guts of previous cases while pretending not to.&amp;#8221;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;(Fun facts: Dworkin clerked for Learned Hand and was an associate at Sullivan &amp;amp; Cromwell.)&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;-posted by brian&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

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Today, by a 13-6 vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the nominationof Sonia Sotomayor to become a Supreme Court justice, setting up a final confirmation vote by the full Senate. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina was the only Republican Senator to break ranks to vote in favor.Legal philosopher Ronald Dworkin, in a very interesting podcast interview, grumpily declares that “we have learned nothing—[confirmation hearings are] now settled into a minuet where everyone knows what the moves will be … there’s a great myth abroad in America that a judge can decide cases by saying ‘I will apply the law whatever it is’ … it is not simply an alternative to apply to political convictions, it is an absolute necessity’ … Nominees are now required to stand before the nation and tell a lie.

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