I’m listening to the opening remarks to Supreme Court nominee John
Roberts and I can’t recall hearing this much condescension since Bill
Clinton’s grand jury testimony. As I write this Sen. Dianne Feinstein
(D-CA) is presuming to tell Roberts how important the Supreme Court is
in our system of government. Of course, it’s important to her because
it has, over the past 30 years, has allowed Congress to do all kinds of
things it shouldn’t.  Before Feinstein, Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) gave
a speech that was a recitation of grade-school civics, back when there
actually WAS grade-school civics. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) tied his remarks
to Hurricane Katrina, implying that it was all the more important to
have a liberal Supreme Court justice now that America has been shown to
be so racist and classist. Oh, now Feinstein is bringing in the
Holocaust talking about Jews being shot and their shoes being left on
the bank as they floated down the Danube. Wha!!??