a Senator is currently screened the Department of Justice, the FBI, and the Committee on the Federal Judi-ciary of the American Bar Association and must pass muster with the Attorney General and the President. Finally, the President's nominee must be confirmed by the Senate, where the Judiciary Committee ac-tively seeks public comment.
The reformers' charge that judicial recommendations by elected offi-cials are subject to the abuses of partisan politics is unfounded, says Stevenson, because "there...