--- Trevor Morrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not to drag us (back?) into the middle of the > political fray, but isn't > "the deadlock on judicial confirmations" a bit of an > overstatement? Isn't > the ratio of "blocked" to confirmed nominees during > the Bush administration > something on the order of 1:50? If that counts as a > "deadlock" for > Professor Duncan, then am I right in assuming he > means to refer to a > phenomenon that's at least a decade old?
I thought what I said was clear, but perhaps not. I was referring to the *filibuster* of judicial nominees, which I believe is not a decade-old phenomenon, but rather a quite recent one. Cheers, Rick ===== Rick Duncan Welpton Professor of Law University of Nebraska College of Law Lincoln, NE 68583-0902 "Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book." Ronald Reagan __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/
