It strikes me as hypocrisy that the Republican Senate now stresses simple up or down vote by simple majority as representative of the will of the people. Of course, they fail to point out that the fifty-five Republicans represent 30 million fewer constituents than do the forty-five Democrats. Moreover, it is ironic that lifetime appointments of a radical nature should not require a super majority when the Republicans perceive the courts as “legislators” indifferent to preferences of the “mainstream.”

Frankly, regardless of who is in the White House, I'm against presidential nominees of federal judges. A collegial commission on legal matters should submit candidates to the Senate Judiciary decision-making in behalf of the greater body and thus completely out of the hands of the executive branch.

Copyright © 2005 Richard R. Kennedy All rights reserved. Revised: May 24, 2005.

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