Daily Howler - July 6, 2005

WHAT A NOMINEE SHOULD BE ASKED! What should Bush’s choice be asked? Baker provides sheer confusion: // link // print // previous // next //

WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2005

WHAT A NOMINEE SHOULD BE ASKED: Holy cow! On today’s New York Times op-ed page, a fascinating look at one way (but only one way) to measure a Supreme Court justice’s “activism.” (By this measure, Clarence Thomas is the most “activist” current justice; Ruth Bader Ginsburg the least.) The authors, Perfesser Gewirtz and a bright young law graduate, offer a precise approach to a tired old, jumbled-up theme. Elsewhere, though, mainstream journalists muddy the waters, preparing the way for their favorite critter—a thoroughly incoherent debate about the next Court nominee.