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:: Monday, May 18, 2009 ::
Day after Notre Dame speech, Obama interviews prominent pro-abortion Catholic, MI Gov. Jennifer Granholm, at White House. For SCOTUS slot, some think.
Fwiw, I think David Lat makes a good predictive case for Judge Diana Wood. Whether she would be a "WW III" pick is another question.
In any case, the role of Senate Republicans should be clear. It will not be to stop the nominee (outside of some extreme nomination, or a nominee with important non-philosophical barnacles, just as, um, unpaid taxes). It will be to raise the visibility of the judicial role as a national issue. The confirmation process will be a teaching moment. Of course, you can't teach if you don't know, but someone in the Senate Republican Conference must know....
:: David M. Wagner 6:30 PM [+] ::
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Fwiw, I think David Lat makes a good predictive case for Judge Diana Wood. Whether she would be a "WW III" pick is another question.
In any case, the role of Senate Republicans should be clear. It will not be to stop the nominee (outside of some extreme nomination, or a nominee with important non-philosophical barnacles, just as, um, unpaid taxes). It will be to raise the visibility of the judicial role as a national issue. The confirmation process will be a teaching moment. Of course, you can't teach if you don't know, but someone in the Senate Republican Conference must know....
:: David M. Wagner 6:30 PM [+] ::
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