Not a word about how the Democrat Senate help up lower court seat confirmations for capable judges nominated by George W. Bush . . .
“Not a word about how the Democrat Senate help up lower court seat confirmations for capable judges nominated by George W. Bush . . .”
The Times conveniently forgets the Democrats filibustered Miguel Estrada’s nomination for more than two years. Estrada was nominated for the US Court of Appeals by George W. Bush in 2001 which would have postitioned the conservative Hispanic jurist for a future Supreme Court nomination. It was the first time in US history the filibuster had been used to kill a nomination for a federal appeals court.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/09/04/estrada.withdraws/