Excerpt from the Miami Herald article you cited above says: Democrats should support Bush's Hispanic court nomine
President Bush nominated Miguel Estrada to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit nearly two years ago. Estrada may finally have his day before the full Senate. ...... He is an ideal candidate for the court and a role model for all Americans. Yet, for purely partisan motives, many Democrats are smearing, rather than supporting, him. ...
At the urging of Estrada's home-state senator, Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the previous Democrat-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee blocked Estrada's nomination for more than 630 days.
I was not aware Schumer is Estrada's home state Senator.
This gives me all the more reason to keep writing my letters to Senators, letting them know Schumer does not represent independent New Yorkers.
If I remember correctly, Schumer decided, after a year in the field, not to practice law, even though he has a law degree. He found out he did not like legal work as well as public service.
Sometimes I think Schumer would like to be on the Supreme Court himself and is jealous of Federal Judges.