Look, maybe this guy will be a spectacular judge - but if you need evidence that Democrats aren't stalling the vast majority of President Bush's (oftn very conservative) appointees to the federal bench, I give you the case of Neil Gorsuch. He's 38 (so yes, he could be on this Court for quite a few decades to come). He's an official in the Gonzalez-run Justice Department. And he wrote an article title "Liberals 'n Lawsuits" that was published in the National Review just last year. Oh, and his nomination "wasn't deemed controversial", and he sailed through the Senate on a voice vote. And like I said, he might end up being a good judge. But if not a single Democrat objects to someone with that resume, it would seem to illustrate that the Democrats are only blocking the scariest handful of nominees - like Defense Department Counsel William Haynes. Keep that in mind the next time you hear all that silly rhetoric about Democratic obstrictionists.
Posted by armand at July 21, 2006 01:10 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Law and the Courts