masters of the noh play
"GOP tries to head off liberal Stevens replacement"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100410/ap_on_go_su_co/
the man hasn't even retired yet, and no one has been proposed to replace him, but the gop is already mobilizing to stop it!
"Senate Republicans said the nominee should not be an activist, which they describe as someone driven by a preferred result rather than by the law. In practice, though, Republicans find that only liberal Democratic-appointed judges wear the activist label. "(emphasis my own).