Appointees
Both parties do this, and it serves to keep judges aimed toward the middle of the road.
I think the "Ds" got burned pretty badly with Ashcroft, won't let 'em slip in another rabid maroon. Ashcroft is amazing. The fact that he's upset by the naked breast on a statue demonstrates a very scary mind. He didn't even have the judgment to keep that hidden. His religious rabidity gets in the way of his job, and people were assured he would stick to the law. Sick man.
Screw us once it's your fault, screw me twice it's mine.
Arf