Another Day, Another Terrible Judicial Nominee

Today's the day that Alabama Attorney General Wm Pryor's nomination to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals gets considered by the Senate Judicial Committee. This one doesn't come all that highly recommended. As Nina Totenberg, whom you can hear here or here, (scrowl down) noted on NPR's Morning Edition today: :

Pryor has been criticized for his anti-abortion stance, support of laws criminalizing homosexual conduct and opposition to laws aimed at protecting physical access for the disabled to public buildings.

Turns out environmentalists aren't too crazy about him either. Sam Heldman at Ignatz tells you all about it and provides links.

I know there's a lot for all of us to keep track of, connected to, and outraged about, but what Bush could do to the courts is as big an issue as they come, and the Democrats are going to need our on-going encouragement to keep it from happening, fillibuster and all. Which reminds me, don't miss Nathan Newman's take on that subject, here, here, and here.