BY JOE CONASON Choosing a Supreme Court justice has become a deplorably dishonest process that hides ideological disputes behind petty and often personal matters. Nominees pretend to have no opinion about controversial issues such as abortion, when everyone listening knows they certainly do. Politicians pretend to worry about nothing except judicial qualifications, temperament and balance. It is a summer exercise that often descends into ugly insinuations and cheap shots while evading real questions. But perhaps […]