Another thought Re: Alito

I wondered a slight bit of something. Do not take the following as endorsement of the idea, just as submitting it for consideration:

Suppose the "advise & consent" part for confirmation of Supreme Court justices were revised so that though the Senate still voted on the nomination, the questions for hearings (a modern phenomenon) were submitted by regular citizens -- 50 randomly picked, one from each state? That'd bypass the grandstanding tendency of congressmen, while encouraging citizens to at least muddle into some sort of understanding of the judicial branch. Plus, a lot of the code talk that usually goes on in these kind of affairs would be voided in one stroke, since someone that isn't in office for anything that wants to ask about some type of relevant issue would just spit it out. It'd be relatively easy to do, what w/ modern communication technology.

As I said, not endorsing this, just holding it in the wind to see what flies into my face over it. If you have any other thoughts on encouraging citizen concern about these kind of things, then say that too. I'm wide open.