Althouse: Reminding us of yet another issue

Thank you to Professor Althouse, UW Law, for reminding us of another critical distinction between the candidates. More specifically, between the two visions of ideology: 'conservative' and 'liberal'; as it relates to the selection and approval of judges. Her post cites the following excerpt from the NYTs:

Then, at a weekend retreat in April 2001, Democratic senators adopted an aggressive new strategy in dealing with judicial candidates. Under Mr. Bush's Republican predecessors, the Democrats believed they could block only candidates with egregious faults. But that weekend, two prominent law professors and a women's rights lobbyist urged the senators to oppose even nominees with strong credentials and no embarrassing flaws, simply because the White House was trying to push the courts in a conservative direction.

Yet another reason to stay focused.