ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society

Recently, ACSBlog reported on fears among conservatives that the Fourth Circuit, long one of the nation's most conservative courts, will begin to trend leftward in light of recent retirements.  An editorial in the conservative Washington Times weighs in to this discussion, and urges President Bush to abandon unsuccessful attempts to confirm controversial nominees, and instead nominate moderate judges who would be acceptable to the new Majority:

One obvious solution is to nominate as many moderate, confirmable conservatives as possible now to avoid disaster after 2008. That would mean an end to the days of nominations like Judges Boyle and Haynes, so loathed by liberals. This will no doubt be a bitter pill for Republicans to swallow. But the party should debate the question now, thoroughly, also giving due consideration to the alternative, which is to continue pressing jurists who raise the hackles of liberals in full knowledge that they will fail.