The slouching Supreme Court sits up straight

I am greatly heartened to learn that President Bush quite obviously reads Reasonable Nuts. After all, if you pull up the entry from last Thursday ("The (long) list"), you'll see his Supreme Court justice nominee, Samuel Alito, mentioned first on that list. Knowing the President has a short attention span, it is reasonable to assume this is precisely how he arrived at the choice of Alito.

Actually, I need to render a mea culpa for my commentary last Thurday. I was flat-out wrong in my assumption that Bush would nominate another woman - going so far as to state that no one could even imagine him not doing so. Well, at least I have my day job.

In any event, it is good to see a strong choice now made for this very important position. I hope he is prepared for the scrutiny and wish him and his family the best. I read the comment of one Senate Democrat who called the choice "needlessly provocative". I would agree that the choice was indeed provocative, though I would disagree with the needless comment. Rather, it was needfully so.