Republicans need 60 votes to end the filibuster and then a majority to approve Estrada for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Their latest effort again fell short, this time by a 55-44 vote.
Nothing in the constitution says that Judges require a super majority for approval, but the Democrats are making certain that it will take 60 votes to approve any candidate they don't like. Democrats have used the court system for years to make laws that they can't or won't pass in Congress. The court system was never supposed to be used to make laws, but it's a very good way for our elected representatives to dodge making tough choices that might be held against them. Nominees like Estrada will stick to laws as written, which will force politicians to go on record and vote their "conscience" if they want something.
That crazy appeals court in California that outlawed the Pledge of Allegiance was courtesy of liberals who are still in the Senate. They love that stuff, but they won't defend it. When a bill came up in the Senate to defend the Pledge of allegiance, it passed 98-0. Not one liberal had the guts to side with the court. But now the liberals are angry that Bush won't nominate more liberal judges.
UPDATE: Byron York says the problem Goes even deeper.
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