These types of spectacles used to be reserved for the nomination of Supreme Court justices – a lifetime appointment to a nine-member body that can overturn laws passed by Congress and signed by the president. But those full-throttle battles have now spilled over to other nominations.
往常，这些意见通常在最高法院法官任命中才会冒出来。最高法院法官共九人，为终身制，可以推翻国会通过、总统签字的法案。但这一全力以赴的斗争如今已蔓延到其他提名上。结果，某人愿意为总统效力两三年的决定将成为改变他一生的噩梦般的体验。