[NEWwoman]

Filibustering Judge Owen's confirmation would send the Bush administration two important messages: the president must stop packing the courts with ideologues, and he must show more respect for the Senate's (My comment: Democrats')role.

This needs a BARF alert.

[Pharlap]

Regarding the "packing" of the courts, it was none other than Frankin Roosevelt who sought to literally pack the Supreme Court by increasing its membership by four justices so he could get more favorable decisions on his legislation. The effort failed. The country survived and the depression ended.