Twinfold

In the meantime, the candidate himself adopted a twinfold strategy. On the one hand, he attempted to mute criticism through his declarations of a hardscrabble upbringing. On the other hand, he operated as recent nominees Anthony Kennedy and David Souter had, offering as little information about his judicial philosophy as possible.

If this initiative were to succeed it would have a twinfold advantage in increasing those able to provide service through Irish and also encouraging students to focus on Irish in their education in order to increase their chances of appointment to public service positions.