Billmon knows...

...why we fight.

...If the Christian right is ever going to achieve its social objectives -- by means short of a military coup d'etat, that is -- it will have to do it the slow way: by strong-arming its GOP allies into gradually packing the federal bench with fellow wing nuts. Granted, the odds of achieving a constitutional revolution this way are still pretty long (thank God and James Madison.) But they're still better than trying to do it through some sort of legislative deus ex machina -- like the "Constitution Restoration" Act.

Breaking the Senate filibuster on judicial nominees not only would make it easier to obtain lifetime appointments for fellow wing nuts, it would also be the opening wedge for getting rid of the filibuster entirely -- making it easier for a slender GOP majority to pass all kinds of fun stuff, maybe even the Constitution Restoration Act. Or perhaps some sort of Emergency Enabling Act...

If you have any doubts that the fight for integrity in judicial appointments is a fight for Constitutional government itself, go read the whole thing. If you ... well ... just go read it anyway.