The Selection Process of Choosing Federal Judges

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Henry Abraham, a University professor, discusses the selection process for federal judges. The narrator first argues that the current selection process is cumbersome and obtuse. He advises that the selection process could be improved if the Senate Judiciary Committee was always divided evenly between Republican?s and Democrats, each member was a lawyer, stronger chairmanship of the Committee with more limitations on time, questioning, and immediacy. Abraham additionally comments on the unpredictability of Supreme Court appointees.