I refuse to believe that anyone would lie to become a judge. It's flat out unamerican.
Given how strongly conservatives hold to the belief that the US has been corrupted by federalism, secularism and progressivism, it isn't at all surprising that justices would lie during confirmation, since they believe they're serving a higher cause. In fact, Democrats are accusing them of doing exactly that[0] by claiming "settled precedent" for Roe V. Wade, which they later overturned. Of course, it's not difficult to find arguments to the contrary, the polarized optics of American politics being what it is. I'm sure Team Red has a list of examples of nominees by the Democrats who they claim did the same thing, but that doesn't disprove the thesis.
[0]https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/01/how-the-federali...
[1]https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2022/06/28/did-sup...
[2]https://www.heritage.org/life/commentary/the-justices-didnt-...
>I refuse to believe that anyone would lie to become a judge. It's flat out unamerican.
On the contrary, it's perfectly American. American politics is and always has been rotten to the core.
Then you don’t know people at all. American or not, people will lie for far lesser things if they think they can get away with it.