Obama's vision for an activist judiciary

Ed Whelan has been carefully documenting the evidence -- thus far unrebutted -- that an Obama presidency would result in a dramatic increase in the number of liberal activists in the federal judiciary. Today he adds to the pile.

There's nothing too surprising here. Any reasonable reading of Obama's and McCain's speeches, votes, and campaign commitments leads to the parallel conclusions that a McCain presidency would at least marginally improve the federal judiciary and that an Obama presidency would cause significant deterioration in the third branch of government. Federal judges have difficult, lonely jobs. And the vast majority of them are talented, virtuous public servants. Obama's vision of a qualified federal judge is depressing, and is one more reason why an Obama presidency would be an unmitigated disaster for the United States.