The unexpected death of Justice Anthony Scalia signals yet another contentious nomination process for the now vacant position on the Supreme Court.  So batten down the hatches – yet another heaping helping of sanctimony from the Democrats and news media is heading our way.  President Obama will put forward a nominee to join the hard-left Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan he placed on the court earlier.  Democrats will claim that the president has a right to quick action from the Senate and bemoan the outrageous efforts of the majority party to politicize the nomination process. However, when Democrats controlled the Senate, they invariably voted as a bloc to destroy the nominees presented by Republican presidents.  They rejected Nixon nominees Clement Haynsworth and Harrold Carswell, along with Ronald Reagan’s choice Robert Bork.  And of course they launched vicious campaigns in an effort to sidetrack Clarence Thomas and Samuel...(Read Full Post)