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—Appointment wars: When thinking of the Bork confirmation fight, I haven't ever gone much farther than "the guy who kowtowed to Nixon's firing of the special prosecutor", but maybe there's some more nuance there.

When you say the escalation "all happened on the Democratic side", how far back does the game go of holding up the lower court appointments? I haven't heard of it going back farther than Clinton but you seem to have done more research here.

—"What you highlighted is a proactive defense to the objection that this would put the seat off to the new president. Nothing more."
Okay, so if you agree he's proactively defending against said objection, to me that clearly means that he is saying that said objection does not accurately reflect his position. So would you agree that his "proactive defense" included a denial that his proposal "would put the seat off to the new president"? If so, what could that possibly mean other than that the current president would get a chance after all to nominate someone?

I interpret his talk of "if Gov. Clinton wins" as saying "in that case Bush should tailor his nominee to the will of the people, i.e. someone friendlier to Democrats than would be the case if Bush wins re-election". In other words, "if Bush wins, then you get a normal appointment outside of the highly charged campaign season; if Clinton wins, we want you to name a relatively liberal justice." I would agree that the "or else" is not exactly hard to find in such an interpretation, but it's still not the same as your interpretation.

—"Democrat nominees that can squint and find a right an abortion in the 14th Amendment, but can't find a right to bear arms in the 2nd" example please.



Tag (courtesy of fkusumot): "Please feel free -- nay, I encourage you -- to offer rebuttal."
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