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By Irishlaw Posted in Fillibuster — Comments () / Email this page » / Leave a comment »

... and hyperbole. It's all there in this general news service article about filibusters:

Imagine no more legal abortion and affirmative action but the sight of the Ten Commandments in courthouses coast to coast.

That's what liberals fear and conservatives hope will happen if Senate Republicans carry out the "nuclear option" ...

"I've read articles that say liberals should not say 'the sky is falling.' Sometimes Chicken Little's right," said George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley. "Without the filibuster rule, it's clear that the federal bench would tip solidly to the extreme right."

In case the reader has not grasped that the nominees are "extreme," he hears it from at least two more professors quoted in the article, along with a few quotes from PFAW and the Alliance for Justice . . . but only one more ambiguous quote from a conservative.

I'd like to see more discussion, like that from Thomas Sowell, about how the debate is not so much just between conservatives and liberals -- though the sides do tend to align -- but between those who believe in judicial restraint and those who are less cautious with interpreting laws according to their own philosophies, undermining our system.