debating nominees
The Silencing of Elizabeth Warren and Senate Debates
The prohibition against impugning the character of a fellow senator was meant to stop ad hominem attacks on senators’ arguments, not frank discussion of nominees who happen to be senators. Why should such nominees get less scrutiny than others?
The prohibition against impugning the character of a fellow senator was meant to stop ad hominem attacks on senators’ arguments, not frank discussion of nominees who happen to be senators. Why should such nominees get less scrutiny than others?