Areas of claimed autonomous exercise range from classic church property disputes to more recently developing questions over the extent to which various regulatory regimes, including labor law, civil rights law, and even malpractice, defamation, and contract law, should be permitted to intervene in the internal relations of religious institutions and communities. |
I expect it to be a much more even game. |
T here is this tendency to pick people who are going to do themselves the least damage at the hearings and to avoid people who might be more interesting. |
The nominees have learned not to say very much. They've simply learned in the wake of Bork — and now they go through murder boards that have them rehearse every possible question — they've learned to say relatively bland or banal things that don't give away very much. |
We know right now the way things are falling out, it's looking like a conference-championship battle. |
We're well aware of that. |