PRYOR NOMINATION

Pryor's nomination just reported to the Senate floor on party line vote.

Quote from Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Orrin Hatch, to Senator Patrick Leahy, in the context of a dispute about how to proceed:

Leahy: "No, I want. . ."

Hatch: "I don't care what you want, this is the way it's gonna be."

Sounds about right.

MORE: I should have noted that I was watching the hearings on C-span 3. If you want the immediate context of the sharp words, see Howard Bashman's post on Rule IV, here.

MORE: There's a good post at Balasubramania's Mania on the structure of some of the commentary on Pryor. References to the "rule of law" as employed in these discussions are generally best understood as attempts to capture the strategic high ground.