Bush Sells Out on Judges?

Good, and very disappointing, piece from Daily Pundit. Quoting constitutional scholar Bruce Fein:

The reluctant Republicans insist the Supreme Court and subordinate federal tribunals are worth sacrificing to maintain Senate harmony and fraternity on other matters. President Bush seems to agree...

The president himself has resisted working hand-in-glove with Mr. Frist to confront wavering Republicans or Red State Democrats with carrots and sticks depending on their votes in favor or against filibustering knavery. Mr. Bush apparently reasons that steamrolling Democrats over the federal judiciary would forfeit needed bipartisan support for pioneering Social Security change, tort reform, energy legislation, a Clean Sky program, and companion mundane laws; that the appointment of judges is too marginal to the nation's destiny to gamble his legislative ambitions; and that the president has no constitutional business tampering with an internal Senate rule.

Long story short: the Republicans have caved faster on ending fillibusters than they're caving on Social Security reform. Or at least that's Daily Pundit's interpretation (citing Dick Morris and Bruce Fein).

posted by Ace at 02:21 PM

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