Wave Maker

So-called is the group of judicial nominees who are being held up by the Democrats in the Senate. The beneficiaries of the "nuclear option," as it were.

We've been reading and blogging about the politics of this for months. But in reviewing my regular skein of conservative blogs, I see that there has been a paucity of information on who these nominees are. What are their backgrounds? Why are they being opposed? What, specifically are the natures of their "extremism," as middle-of-the-roaders like Ted Kennedy and Barbara Boxer call it?

And so I have decided that this week, I am going to provide a reasonably comprehensive profile of each of the thus-thwarted judicial picks, and discuss the nature of the case against them, as described by the Democrats, NARAL, the Environmental advocacy groups, People for the American Way, etcetera.

That said, I must say this further.

I have done enough research today to suggest that there is more than one person in this list that I wouldn't object to seeing thrown under the bus.

Hint: If you were a Senator of the majority party, would you go to the wall for a nominee to the Circuit Court of Appeals who, as a district court judge, has been reversed by the appellate court at TWICE the rate of the average federal trial judge (in many cases, on the grounds of "plain error)?

If you have any special sources of information you would like to brng to my attention about any of these nominees, ssend it on!

More daily.