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The Senate will debate the nomination of Thomas Griffith on Monday, with a vote scheduled on this DC Circuit nominee for Tuesday.

Hugh Hewitt urges prompt confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the same court, in a World Magazine article, and Hugh also says this:

If Kavanaugh is not confirmed by the time the Senate leaves to enjoy its Fourth of July fireworks, then the suspicion will grow that the McCain Caucus was either duped or complicit in the treatment of Kavanaugh. If there is a real deal, Kavanaugh should sail through the Senate, along with Terrence Boyle.

Meanwhile, Patterico says Edith Jones "would be one of the best choices that President Bush could make for the Supreme Court." Patterico also believes it's "too early to gloat" about The Deal. I agree with Hugh and Patterico, on all these points.

See the right side of the confirmthem homepage for links to info about Griffith, Kavanaugh, Boyle, Jones, and the rest.

UPDATE: Here's some more Sunday stuff. Robert Novak writes:

The next two Senate test votes on judicial confirmations are likely to be cast on White House aide Brett Kavanaugh and U.S. District Judge Terrence Boyle of North Carolina, both named to federal appellate courts. Kavanaugh and Boyle are not included in the bipartisan compromise on confirmation. If Democrats refuse to end debate on them, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is expected to invoke the "nuclear option" to confirm them by majority vote. A footnote: Michigan Appeals Court Judge Henry Saad, one of two judicial nominees sacrificed in the compromise agreement, may not even have the 50 votes needed for majority approval, much less the 60 senators needed for cloture.

Andy McCarthy at Bench Memos takes Jeffrey Rosen to task for distorting statistics regarding the filibuster deal and the future of the Supreme Court.

And, Joe Baker of Sevierville, Tennessee writes that, "Democratic senators have written the American people out of the Constitution's system for appointing judges."