[Theodore R.]

Of course the article is dated -- Helms and Smith are out of the Senate -- but we are still living with the Reagan-Bush xourt legacy.

[Ken H]

How did GHW Bush come to nominate Souter?

By that I mean, who brought him to the President's attention and argued for his nomination?

[nyconse]

Justices change sometimes over time- a natural effect of aging I think. It is not always easy to predict how they turn out. Also, I think Reagan after Bork and Bush after Thomas did not want a tough battle with Democrats who at the time held the House and Senate.

Republicans are now the majority party in all three branches. They should not cave into the Democrats: time to play a little hardball. Leahy was on C-Span this morning lying his head of. He said that Hatch was ranking member when Clinton consulted with him; I don't think that's true. The Senate was Republican by then. Clinton wanted to avoid a fight so he consulted. However, Clinton was permitted to put two very liberal judges on the Supreme Court. C-span must of screened the calls. They said there was a Dem line and a Repub line but never identified party affiliation as people called. 5 out of 6 calls were pro-Dem. Leahy said they had confirmed all but two of Bush's judges: 132 comfirmed - 2 rejected. Leahy repeated the lie that Clinton judges were filibustered (Leahy=scum liar).

[Theodore R.]

I accidentally typed an "X" instead of a "C." But "xourt" seems inadvertently appropriate considering that body's recent rulings.

[antisocial]

Who is this idiot, Thomas Drolesky? The first paragraph tells us that Bush appointed 4 pro-abortionist judges to the Texas supreme court. That is absolute BS because Texas supreme court judges are ELECTED not APPOINTED.