clarence thomas had the sexual harassment allegations, famously. harriet miers apparently revealed under questioning that she did not know what the fourth amendment did, or the fifth amendment. also, yeah, don t keep asking. there have been fights in the past about people who were picked to be judges about their qualifications, their temperament, whether they were a good person for that job. what s new is this. there is no objection to this guy. republicans don t think there s anything wrong this guy. no republican cast a vote against him. but you still got to wait for 17 months anyway because we re going to block the vote on you, filibuster your nomination, and make everybody take extraordinary measures to let you get anywhere near the pench, even though we have no problem with you as a nominee nominee. that is new. and that is not a fight over mr. toronto.