Today's LATIMES Bruce Ackerman editorial on borrowing from the Germans: there, nominations to highest court require 2/3 vote in legislature for confirmation, and terms are limited to 12 years. Ackerman says we should amend the Constitution to do the same here. Seems like a good idea to me. In case that doesn't fly (and Ackerman has no illusions that it will), Ackerman counsels the Dems to approve Estrada now but filibuster him later, if nominated to sit with the Supremes.

Sounds good to me, but I doubt that Dems should fight this war later rather than sooner.