clearly using this confirmation hearing as a platform to run for president in the future. that s not what it was there for. for most of american history, we didn t even have confirmation hearings for supreme court justices. because it was thought to be too political. the departure from that was 1916, when woodrow wilson nominated the first jewish nominee for the supreme court. and that was so controversial they thought they would clear the air, to have hearings, and they ve gone on ever since. but we have never in american history seen what we have seen, in recent decades. which is these hearings getting into things like discussions of books, that were prescribed in a school that judge jackson was a trustee of. and other things that were completely extreme u.s.. i think if senator daniel webster came back from the early 19th century and heard all of this he would cry. heard i ve got a minute left
hearing as a platform to run for president in the future. that s not what it was there for. for most of american history, we didn t even have confirmation hearings for supreme court justices. because it was thought to be too political. the departure from that was 1916, when woodrow wilson nominated the first jewish nominee for the supreme court. and that was so controversial they thought they would clear the air, to have hearings, and they ve gone on ever since. but we have never in american history seen what we have seen, in recent decades. which is these hearings getting into things like discussions of books, that were prescribed in a school that judge jackson was a trustee of. and other things that were completely extreme u.s.. i think if senator daniel webster came back from the early 19th century and heard all of this he would cry. i ve got a minute left before we go to break but i