[Glenn E. Meyer]

I wonder if when one get to the higher level courts, you become more a political than judicial animal. There's a study out there that analyzed SCOTUS and said politics more than abstract law was a powerful predictor in socially loaded cases.

I read once that once someone became a higher ranked Admiral or General, you became more of a politician as compared to a soldier or sailor. I wonder if it is the same with the higher court levels. Certainly the Senate hearings are all party politics as compared to qualifications. Became intense with Bork's rejection - I've seen stated.