FROM THE PEANUT GALLERY:

Dear Senator Clinton:

Thank you for opposing the nomination of Estrada for the DC Court of Appeals. I am outraged that the Republicans (and some Democrats, if the reports are right) are decrying the Democratic opposition and its institutional manifestation in a filibuster as somehow in conflict with other important national policy goals, i.e., security. This is a time in which we need to trust the administration NOT to be playing politics with security matters, but, unfortunately, the RNC does not see things that way. What a shame.

The Senate's traditional role of investigating nominees for lifetime appointments on the federal bench should be secured against attempts by the executive branch to bully Senators into compliance with a controversial and divisive judicial agenda.

Sincerely,

Brett Marston