Law Peeps on SCOTUS Nominees

This letter from prominent legal scholars to Senator Leahy and Specter is the thinking person's response to the know-nothing/ask-nothing conservatives who think asking Supreme Court nominees about their, you know, legal philosophies oughta be out of bounds. Be sure to read the ten questions they think should be asked. The last one's a doozy:

10. In Korematsu v. United States, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of evacuating Japanese-American citizens on the West Coast from their homes during World War II. What lessons do you believe the Court should draw from Korematsu and the World War II experience?