Estrada update

The Washington Post finds fault on all sides of the Estrada nomination in their editorial today: “Layers of Nonsense.” But, on the whole, the Post comes down harder on the Democrats:

The question at stake in the Democratic filibuster of Mr. Estrada's nomination ultimately has nothing to do with race or with Mr. Estrada's allegedly inadequate answers. It is simply whether a conservative president can reliably place on an appeals court a qualified conservative against whom no serious complaint has been made. The answer must be yes; for if he cannot, the courts will become the province of those anodyne centrists whose views don't offend anyone with power.

The White House may have made a strategic decision to wait out the Dems as the chorus of criticism against the Estrada filibuster grows louder. That’s fine and I still believe that Estrada will be approved to the D.C. Court of Appeals. But I also want to see the Democrats stand up and vote to supersede the Constitution and the President’s right to shape the judiciary.