What pressures would those be? Losing her job? Anyone else here have a guaranteed job for life?
Maybe you mean that the other 8 justices will look down on her and it will hurt her feelings? I don't think so.
She doesn't even have to write anything if she doesn't want to. All she has to do is vote and sign on to a decision or a dissent written by somebody else.
Not saying whether or not she will be a good justice. Jury is still out on that.
But please -- pressures? I'd swap her job pressures for mine any day of the week.
I'm coming into this discussion a little late, but I had a thought. What would be the value of nominating someone to go through all this hooplah just to have this someone turned down? Would it ease the nomination of President Bush's second choice? Is it feasible to suspect this may be going on so that the person he really wants in there has a better chance?