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Nice column from Thomas Sowell on the judicial battle here, emphasizing what's at stake. It's about which view of judicial authority we are going to embrace in this country: free-wheeling abstracted activism or limited rulings on the law? Sowell also has some pointed words for Specter:

Short of Constitutional confrontations, however, a less dangerous option would be putting on the judicial bench people with a track record of supporting judicial restraint rather than activism. But this approach is being blocked by liberal Senators -- mostly Democrats but with a big assist from Republican Senator Arlen Specter, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Liberals understand the enduring high stakes in these judicial nominations. But do the Republicans?