[dirtboy]

Mr. Pickering took up the case of a man convicted of burning a cross on the lawn of an interracial couple

Took up the case? Pickering was the JUDGE on the case, you nitwits, and it was his duty to ensure that the case was tried fairly.

We don't see the NY Times criticizing the prosecutors who gave the worst of the perps a plea for a misdemeanor with no jail time. Nah, Pickering's the bad guy for trying to get the sentence of a lesser defendant more in line with the facts of the case.

[Banjoguy]

What a load of horse manure.

[FormerACLUmember]

This did not include a mandatory barf alert.

[1rudeboy]

boo hoo

[OpusatFR]

"...fairness in the nomination process."

Like this POS agendized writing? If it had not been for the web, I would not have known Judge Pickering's true record and valiant struggle, the threats against his life and that of his family, and his excellent civil rights record.

[John Jorsett]

I knew this was coming. The NYT thinks it's just peachy to filibuster judicial appointments as long as they're Republican appointees. I hope this is just the first of many Bush recess appointments, although I suspect this is just a shot across the Democratic bow to see if he can shake loose some of the other blocked Senate votes.

[JZoback]

As Senator Charles Schumer said, Mr. Bush's decision to bypass the Senate in this manner is "a finger in the eye" for all those seeking fairness in the nomination process.

I hope Bush recess appoints Judge Bork.

Chuckie will probably say something a bit more strong along the lines of a getting a green weiner in the you know what.

How can that man use the word fairness without getting stuck by lightning is beyond me

[Enterprise]

"recess appointments are a perfectly legal device used by other presidents"

So STFU already!

[ml/nj]

Has there been some indication that President Bush might actually make a recess appointment?

I've been hoping for some for a long time now. At the top of my list would be Judge Bork, if he would accept such an appointment.

ML/NJ

[cynicom]

Bush installed his choice for Senate leader, Bill Frist. What we got was another limp wrist RINO with no guts to challenge the dems to a fulltime filibuster. Bush has only himself to blame.

[Pietro]

"He also seems outside the mainstream on abortion rights."

"@$#^%$**@@$"

Those lying, turd sucking, b@st@rds at the NYT!! I can't wait for the day they go bankrupt financially--they've been morally bankrupt for decades.

[goldstategop]

A majority of the Senate stood prepared to confirm Charles Pickering for the Fifth Circuit. The only people standing in the way of his confirmation are a handful of liberal obstructionist Senators led by Charles Schumer. With the filibuster, they refuse to allow the Senate to have an up or down vote on President Bush's judicial nominees. And if the New York Times thinks they're hard right and out of the mainstream, why won't the Liberal Gang in the U.S Senate allow their colleagues the courtesy of being able to decide the matter for themselves? The truth is its the Democrats who are out of touch with the country when it comes to blocking highly qualified people for judicial posts simply because they disapprove of their political philosophy. This from the party of diversity and tolerance.

[xzins]

The only question I have is this: why so few recess appointments and why so long to do so?

[Cubs Fan]

Its amazing the number of falsehoods and absurdities they can put into just five paragraphs

Bottom line. Judges shouldn't be filibustered. Period.

[Godfollow]

Sorry, your too shallow... I read a thourough examination of the cross burning court case to which you refer. You liberals never tell the whole story, you have become masters of deception for those who don't care to know the whole truth. Hell's fires are licking at your boots... take heed.

[jnarcus]

I don't mind recess appointments and I don't even mind Pickering BUT the administration has such a tin ear...If they wanted to do a recess appointment they should have chosen Rogers or Estrada...then slip in Pickering later. Tis will be a hammer during the campaign to paint Bush as an EXTREMIST...Why add fuel to their fire...geez between this and immigration and some other recent Bushisms I have a feeling I aren't a gonna vote for him and for all of the flamers boo and hiss on your ownself