[sinkspur]

Bush's nominees need to be constitutional scholars and constructionists first and foremost.

Oh, please. Clarence Thomas is far from a "constitutional scholar," yet he is held up as an ideal around here.

Let's remember that Thomas was an unknown in 1991, and that he was also labelled a "second tier" choice by even some conservatives.

[Brilliant]

Constitutional scholars are typically liberal.

[T.Smith]

"Let's remember that Thomas was an unknown in 1991, and that he was also labelled a "second tier" choice by even some conservatives."

Full disclosure - I finished high school in 1991. The only contemporary memory I have of Thomas involves pubic hair and a Coke can.

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

Thomas was a DC Circuit Court judge before he was nominated.