Doug, well done, well researched. However, I find that most of your post was about history. Now, why do I feel that he is not qualified? Here goes. He had no experience as a judge. If he has a law degree from Yale, why was he in the Dept. of whatever instead of making loads of money as a lawyer? Look, the man testified in the hearings that he had never discussed Roe v Wade with anyone! Talk about ludicrous. Now, the matter of Anita Hill. She stuffed what happened for a number of years, then, she told some blabber mouth who then spilled the beans. It was after that that she was subpoened to testify. She did not want to, but, she had no choice. I believed her, and, as far as his qualifications go, he meets the bare minimum to sit on the court. Beautiful. How much lower will the bar go?