democracy, powerful interests must not be allowed to drown out the voices of ordinary citizens. just about immediately senate republicans started to give indications that they re gearing up for a big fight here. i ve got to say, he has a propensity to choose people who don t care what the law is, they re going to make the law from the bench. judges are not supposed to do that. and i personally am very upset about it. except of course in the citizens united case where the court totally made up the law, but that was in a good way, right senator? in addition to those in the senate who will actually decide the fate of president obama s judicial nominee there is also a whole century in washington that exists solely for days like this. it exists to not only fight over supreme court nominations but to raise as much money as possible off of the nomination fights. it s a washington machine that it s weird. it lies semi dormant for years