activist as leader of the pittsburgh lawyer s chapter of the federalist society as trustee of a conservative group, center for vision and values. liberal groups in pennsylvania gathered 40,000 signatures in opposition to the nomination of the guy who had yet to actually to be nominated to anything. today the huffington post reported david porter will not be nominated to the federal bench as part of a package deal of conservative, not conservative nominees to try to get them through the senate. chock one up for the pennsylvania liberals on this one. but this package deal thing isn t happening just in pennsylvania. it is happening all over the place. david porter isn t the only potential nominee in this sa theiry w scenario who has come under fire. the georgia appeals court judge, michael boggs one of president obama s picks for the federal court. he too is not a conventional choice for president obama or for any democratic president. when michael boggs was a georgia state legislator h