[Congressman Billybob]

This is the best, clearest explication of the political and legal issues in bench nominations that I have ever read. And I say that as someone who has practiced in the Supreme Court for decades, and followed the subject closely.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column, "We Are Running for Congress -- Maybe," discussion thread on FR.

[pogo101]

That means a lot coming from you, William Robert, thanks -- actually I wasn't sure I should bother posting it! Glad I did, then.

(Full disclosure: the posting script program of FR initially blocked this posting because its source is a "blogspot." The program was going to force me to post in General Interest, which has no categories for politics or the judiciary; only News does. So I cheated: I added extra spaces around the "dot" in the source URL.)

[Kaisersrsic]

So what do you think are the chances that GW will work towards a "perfect storm," by nominating Al Gonzalez for the Estrada seat and waiting for a filibuster of Hispanic #2(Gonzalez); a Black Woman (Brown); a White Woman (Owen); and, a White Man (Pryor)?

[jrushing]

Is the Filibuster of Judicial Nominees Now a "Custom of the Senate"?

Will this mean the end of the Supreme Court as we know it? What will happen in the future when no one will be approved and a vacancy needs to be filled??
Is there a Constitutional way to handle this?

[jrushing]

It's About the Votes Stupid
The best way to bust a filibuster is to get the 60 vote necessary for cloture

I don't understand what happened to "Advice & Consent". Those terms do not include "filibuster". How can the Dems suddenly turn around 200 years of history & change Advice & Consent into filibuster???

[votelife]

bttt, hopefully Warner and Hagel and Specter vote right on this one.