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Given the harsh reality of today??s political climate, the Democrats are justified in their use of the filibuster in blocking judicial nominations. Extreme politics calls for extreme countermeasures. Only through the use of the filibuster can the Democrats attempt to force compromise and preserve some figment of moderation. That the tables could easily be turned on the Republicans, the elimination of the filibuster would be a dangerous step in the wrong direction for Democrats and Republicans alike...
...difficult to predict a potential nominee’s behavior once he or she is actually on the bench. Republican nominees from Earl Warren to John Paul Stevens to David Souter have gone on to be among the Court’s most liberal justices; Antonin Scalia, widely considered today??s most conservative justice, was confirmed 98-0 by the Senate...
What I advise: Confrontation. In today??s world, that threatening four-syllable word harbors a strong negative connotation, and a “confrontational person” is perceived as a trouble-maker who should be strictly avoided...
Over the past two million years, Earth’s climate has cycled about a dozen times between periods of cold and warm conditions. Most of the species on Earth today have thrived over this period because they can accommodate a wide range of temperatures. However, today??s temperature extremes are taking these species into uncharted territory...
...Today??s article on President Summers’ speech about the Native American experience (“Sept. Remarks Resurface,” News, Apr. 20) goes to show that liberal academia will stop at nothing to see Summers tossed out of office. Everything he said was factually correct, as even his opponents acknowledge. There were no epiteths hurled. While the transcript of remarks cannot tell us about delivery style, there appears nothing in this speech which would seem offensive. One must conclude that the only offense Summers committed was straying off of the politically correct ideological reservation...