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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Drat. The battle royal I predicted last week is off in the U.S. Senate. The battle was to be fought between the Democrats and the Republicans over what conservatives call "the constitutional option" and liberals call "the nuclear option." That it was reported throughout the media as "the nuclear option" is still more evidence that the media are liberal. Obviously, the argument over whether or not the media are liberal is another of America's unnecessary debates. The argument over whether the president's judicial nominees are "activist" is an unnecessary debate, too. What distinguishes the president's nominees from...

It was an increasingly damp day (from a few drops of rain escalating to just short of a downpour), but the DEMOCRAT OBSTRUCTION DAY Rally and Press Conference went forth as planned. Close to a hundred very serious, very determined individuals were gathered in the rain to put the spotlight on the unconstitutional filibusters and other tactics being used by the Minority Senate Democrats to block well-qualified judicial nominees from an up or down vote by the full Senate. May 9 was the second anniversary of President Bush's first judicial circuit court nominations. Nine FReepers and lurkers were present at...