Trivia: Assuming JR gets approved, it will be the first time that a former Supreme Court clerk and the justice for whom he clerked would serve on the court at the same time.

Fellow lefties: Bush could hardly have been expected to nominate someone with whom we agree 100%, right? Or even 20%... All things considered, this guy might be OK in the long run: way brighter than the typical neocon dittohead ~ and young ~ he just might grow and evolve on the job to become be the Earl Warren on the coming era. Or not (of course).