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Charles Krauthammer has a characteristically excellent column today in the Washington Post. Don't miss it. The Wall Street Journal endorses the constitutional option here. There are also lots of other Friday news stories and opinion pieces on this subject, and many of them are listed below the fold, courtesy of How Appealing.

"Frist to Begin Showdown on Judicial Filibusters Next Week": The New York Times provides this news update.

Thomas Ferraro of Reuters reports that "Senate readies for fight on judicial nominees."

Bloomberg News reports that "Frist Says He Plans to Seek U.S. Senate Votes on Brown, Owen."

Available online from the Knight Ridder Newspapers: James Kuhnhenn reports that "Parties battle over judicial nominees with one eye toward elections."

"Marriage ruling sets stage for Senate debate; Federal judge strikes down Nebraska constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, as senators gird for battle": Tom Curry, national affairs writer for MSNBC, provides this report.

"Senate Judicial Fight Heads for Showdown": The Associated Press reports here that "Setting the stage for a long-anticipated showdown, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist announced Friday he will seek confirmation next week for two of President Bush's conservative judicial nominees blocked by Democrats."

"Sen. Arlen Specter stuck in the middle: 'Today' host Katie Couric talks with the Republican moderate about relations between the parties and his cancer prognosis." MSNBC makes available online the transcript (containing a link to video) of a segment from today's broadcast of the "Today" show.

On today's broadcast of NPR's "Morning Edition": This morning's broadcast contained a segment entitled "Senate Readies for Filibuster Battle." RealPlayer is required to launch this audio segment.

"Harry Reid Steps Over the Line -- Again; The GOP calls his description of a Bush nominee 'deeply unethical'": Byron York has this essay today at National Review Online. The statement in question can be viewed in the Congressional Record from yesterday at this link, in the center column, second paragraph from the top of the page.

At National Review Online, Andrew C. McCarthy has an essay entitled "Confessing Error: Filibusters of presidential appointees violate the Constitution."

At National Review Online, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has an essay entitled "Democratic Demagoguery: The dishonest attack on Priscilla Owen."

At National Review Online, Rich Lowry has an essay entitled "Go Nuclear: There's no tradition stopping Republicans."

"Judgeship Confirmation Line Grows; A panel's party-line vote adds a fifth nominee to a list of jurists awaiting Senate approval; One of them will likely trigger a filibuster showdown": This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

The Montgomery Advertiser reports today that "Pryor in for Senate battle."

The Birmingham News reports that "Panel OKs Pryor for seat."

The Mobile Register reports that "Pryor braces for 2nd battle; Judiciary committee sends Mobile native's nomination back to the full Senate for possible 'nuclear' showdown."

The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina contains an article headlined "Judge Boyle gets oh, so close, but..."

The Washington Times reports that "Reid cites FBI file on judicial pick."

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that "Specter urges majority leader to avert a filibuster showdown."

The Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star reports that "Nelson tries to broker judicial compromise."

The Detroit Free Press reports that "Michigan Republicans urge deal on judges; But GOP won't back down on vote."

The Daily Princetonian reports that "Frist filibuster packs up, moves to Washington, D.C."

In commentary, The Philadelphia Inquirer contains an editorial entitled "The Filibuster Vote: A roll call of hypocrisy."

The Providence (R.I.) Journal contains an editorial entitled "No nukes, please."

The Washington Times contains an editorial entitled "Spinning the Fortas filibuster" and an op-ed by R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. entitled "Judgeship jousting."

In The Washington Post, columnist Charles Krauthammer has an op-ed entitled "Nuclear? No, Restoration," while columnist Richard Cohen has an op-ed entitled "Mr. Smith's Lost Cause."

In The Amarillo Globe, columnist William H. Seewald has an op-ed entitled "Republican assault on judiciary is ceaseless."

UPI provides an essay by David Cohen entitled "Save the filibuster."

At Human Events Online, C. Boyden Gray has an essay entitled "Bust Judicial Filibusters: Four Democratic Myths About Confirming Judges."