The thing that irritates me about Rush--even though I do love him on the broad themes--is that he will make such an easy to check mistake such as saying that the last justice confirmed was Ginsburg {August, 1993), when in fact, the last confirmed was Breyer {August 1994. } Having the responsibility of adressing 20 million people daily should mean that you check a fact --especially when it is relied upon for his pont, and he has a staff.
On the other hand, Brown has passed the "extraordinary circumstances" test.
As I recall, I once did a survey of U.S. Supreme Court justices -- occupation right before nomination fell almost equally in 5 groups:
1. Politics (most recently Hugo Black, Earl Warren)
2. Executive Branch (Douglas, Rehnquist)
3. Private attorney (Powell)
4. State court
5. Federal court
In recent years there has been a shift to #5. O'Connor was the only remaining one with any political experience at all.