I'm prepared to do everything I can to stop the nomination of Justice Pickering. We can do a lot better.

Anyone who thinks that this nomination is a foregone conclusion is sadly mistaken.

There is a clear conflict of interest for the Justice Department,

The vote is a shot across the bow in terms of the Justice Department and how it conducts itself, in terms of upcoming Supreme Court nominations, and the push-and-pull within the Bush administration. Will it be bipartisan or will it be pulled to the right?

From conflicts of interest to inexplicable delays the actions so far of the attorney general and the Justice Department make it far less likely that the culprit will be found and that justice will be served.

This nomination is a catastrophe,