Senator John Kerry’s pandering seems to have elevated Judge Samuel Alito to the bench of our nation’s highest court. The threat of the‘Alpine’ filibuster has waned!

The Senate all but guaranteed Samuel Alito’s confirmation as the nation’s 110th Supreme Court justice Monday, shutting down a last-minute attempt by liberals to block the conservative judge’s nomination with a filibuster.
Republican and Democratic senators on a 72-25 vote agreed to end their debate, setting up a Tuesday morning vote on his confirmation to replace retiring moderate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.

I am thankful that blatantly partisan manipulations of Senate rules did not thwart our Constituion and the process interwoven within that document. As enigmatic as ‘advice and consent’ truly is, the process does not give way to manipulating Senate rules to circumvent our process of nomination and confirmation. I applaud the Senators on the left side of aisle who stood up for the Constitution. Though they may disagree with the nomination, their realization of the true nature of the minority’s voice should be reciprocated.

StoptheACLU applauds the Gang of 14.
Iowa Voice - ‘All Together Now…..Awwwwwwwww’
Michelle Malkin ‘liveblogged the meltdown.’
Blogger Beer - ‘I am suprised he did not remove his shoes and bang them on the podium.’
Sister Toldjah reports on Kennedy’s shenanigans.
Oblogatory Anecdotes says ‘[t]his is indeed a huge blow to liberalis.’