The two-party system is imperiled. I kid you not, to borrow a favorite phrase of Captain Queeg of the USS Caine. Here we have President George W. Bush naming a Cabinet of folks opposed to the laws they are required to enforce, a full slate of right-wing Republicans, and he hasn't even had a chance yet at the Supreme Court. Judging from his and his daddy's record, the next two justices may take us back to the era of Calvin Coolidge. Clarence Thomas may yet appear to be a liberal by comparison.
Right wingers rule.
The federal judiciary is out of control, exposed as hard-line partisans. There was a time, it seems like only yesterday, when federal judges acted as nonpartisans. The current crop are Republican operatives. Ted Olson, up to his ears in the notorious Arkansas Project, is the new solicitor general. He is rumored to be on his way to the highest court in the land.