I'll have a lot to say in the coming weeks on the inevitable battle over the confirmation of a Supreme Court nominee to replace retiring justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
Here's three things I know today:
1. It will be a battle. The left will demonize, and I use that word purposefully, any nominee that Bush puts forward. Whoever it is will be instantly labelled an extremist and will be fought. How do I know? They have already started doing it, and Bush hasn't even nominated anyone. NOW, for example, has already called for a march on the capitol by their membership to oppose right-wing extremist judicial nominations.
2. It's a critical battle. The court decisions this year make it clear how critical the courts are in formation of policy now in our nation. The composition of the court is critical to both sides.
3. The battle will be joined. No more Robert Borks, where the left in this country succeeded in demonizing a qualified jurist with smears and vitriolic hyperbole because the right was not mobilized to fight back and the Reagan Administration was not prepared for the fight. No more. There is an organized right now. There is an alternative media now. It will be a fight, and we're here for it.
Bring it on.
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