We Didn't Start the Fire

An interesting post about the judicial nomination fight over at The Corner:

15 YEAR DELAY [Jonathan H. Adler]
This morning the Washington Post reminds us all that Judge Terrence Boyle has been waiting fifteen years for his confirmation to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He was first nominated by President George H.W. Bush in 1991, and has been blocked by Democrats since.

It is also worth noting that it was Democrats' refusal to move the Boyle nomiation in 1991 and 1992 that prompted Senator Jesse Helms to block Clinton's nominations for the same seat on the Fourth Circuit.

At the time, my response to the Helms manuever was that it was going to come back and bite us...and it has...because these things have the tendency to escalate. And now, on our watch, we're having to restore the Constitutional intent on these nominations. So, let's get it done already...we know we are going to have to do it, so let's press the Easy Button already...