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Senate Impact on Liberal Judicial Nominees: On Saturday, Jonathan Adler posted his thoughts on whether conservatives would attempt to block any of Obama's judicial nominees. Adler's post was prompted by this MSNBC article. While Adler states he probably won't like any of Obama's pics for the Supreme Court, he also states his belief that "the Senate's "advise and consent" role should be limited to ensuring that judicial nominees have the necessary qualifications and temperament..." Adler then discusses Alexander Hamilton's Federalist 76, where Hamilton explained that primary purpose of Senate confirmation is to place a "check upon a spirit of favoritism in the President" and "to prevent the appointment of unfit characters from State prejudice, from family connection, from personal attachment, or from a view to popularity...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on September 15, 2008 (boomark / email).