Judges Delayed, Justice Denied.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)(Editorial)

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Congress: While Tom Daschle is gone and the GOP Senate majority is up to 55, the threat of Democratic filibusters of President Bush's judicial nominees remains. But are such filibusters themselves constitutional?

Since the beginning of Bush's first term, liberal Democrats in the Senate have waged an unprecedented campaign to delay, block and slander his judicial nominees.

Confirmations of his appellate nominees in the first two years ran well behind those of previous presidents (see chart). And since 2003, Democrats have filibustered Miguel Estrada, Carolyn Kuhl, Priscilla...

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