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You make an excellent point about needed more than unofficial testimony. As I mentioned, I do not know how she would be as a judge. My sense of her was that she was not closed minded in the way that Roberts' writings demonstrated with his clever results-oriented intellectual gymnastics. But, I agree strongly with you that the American people deserve to know more, much more, about the people who are being entrusted to serve for the rest of their lives on the highest court in the country. And, I am hoping that more information about Kagan will become known so that people can weigh on on the appointment, as the confirmation process is regrettably the only current democratic check on the court. I think that needs to be reformed. On the consensus builder front, I agree that that "skill" is very over-rated and even worrisome. There are far more important qualities for a judge than that. Plus, I think there are many issues where "compromise" is just compromising in the perjorative sense. I don't want the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement, for example, to be watered down to get "consensus"--I want it enforced fully by the courts. And there are many more rights I think we must demand be protected not mediated.... Thank you for writing! Lisa