but only extolling justice whittaker's virtues because he represented both the state of kansas and the state of missouri, living in one state and practicing law in the other. and when chief justice rehnquist was asked questions about the authority of congress to take away the jurisdiction of the supreme court, he answered finally that the congress did not have the authority on first amendment issues. but declined to answer about the fourth amendment, fifth, sixth, or eighth or to answer a question as to why he would respond on the first amendment but not on the others. and there are some issues which are so firmly established that they are outside of the respected rule that we don't ask nominees to say how they will decide upon cases that might come before them but where you deal wishes like marbury v. madison or brown v. board of education or the authority of the congress to take away jurisdiction of the supreme court, interrogation of marbury v. madison, there are questions which ought to be arch answered. the confirmation hearings provide an opportunity to go into detail about the f