She'll Do Well in America

She'll Do Well in America

Who says confirmation hearings are just a charade? Elena Kagan, for one, or at least she used to before she felt obliged to bow and curtsy before her inquisitors on her way to the top -- which for anyone in the American legal profession is a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Elena Kagan once called such hearings "vapid," which they tend to be. But no nominee for the court can afford to be that candid before the U.S. Senate. For the object of the game, at least for the nominee, is to get confirmed -- which means not saying anything...