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Mark Z. Barabak: Stop hounding Dianne Feinstein and let her finish her time in the Senate

When Dianne Feinstein showed up last week for the mud-heaving spectacle that served as the Senate’s vetting of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, several notable things did not happen. The California Democrat did not wield the gavel as chair of the Judiciary Committee, as her seniority might have allowed. She did not hug Lindsey Graham, the preternaturally worked-up Republican ...
Dianne Feinstein during the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Capitol Hill Monday, March 21, 2022, in Washington, D.C..

When Dianne Feinstein showed up last week for the mud-heaving spectacle that served as the Senate’s vetting of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, several notable things did not happen.

The California Democrat did not wield the gavel as chair of the Judiciary Committee, as her seniority might have allowed.

She did not hug Lindsey Graham, the preternaturally worked-up Republican senator from South Carolina.

She did not lose control of her motor skills, confuse Jackson for, say, Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, or launch into a hazy

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