A Comment About

Sotomayor: Rules for the Nomination Battle

June 3, 2009 - 12:21 am - by Jennifer Rubin
John Donahue
2009-06-03 04:49:09

“Republicans should remind voters that there is nothing objectionable about opposing, or if need be, filibustering a nomination on ideological grounds — especially if that judge also fails to match up to Roberts’ standard of impartiality and legal excellence.”

This implies that people consider a standard of impartiality and legal excellence to be ideological demands. If so, our legal system is in great trouble.