The American Spectator

br> Bloomington, Indiana /p> p> SOME EXPLAINING TO DO br> Re: Brandon Crocker’s reply to Robin Zook’s letter (“Constitutional Rules”) in Reader Mail’s Bitter Pills : /p>

Do I sound nasty? Perhaps is it because I have become fed up with our capons in the Senate who have allowed this assault on our liberties since 1992. Perhaps it is because I have become fed up with reading articles that should have been dated 2001. Perhaps it is because I have become fed up with sloppy thinking and spurious rhetoric.

The actions of the Senate Democrats with respect to these judicial nominations is in no way unconstitutional. That is, their actions are in accordance with the rights and prerogatives of the senators under the rules of the Senate, and these rules are within the rights and prerogatives of the Senate under the Constitution. (As were the actions of Sen. Helms.) If they are unconstitutional, why has no one brought suit?

They most certainly are anticonstitutional. That is, they are intended to set aside the constitutional process so that they can wield unlimited power. They use the tools of the Republic in an attempt to destroy the Republic. The Unnationalist Socialists?

p>The time to chastise the Democrats was when they started this game in 1992 or when they brought it back in 2001. Today, I blame the senators in the putative majority for their failure to defend the Constitution. They can do so without changing the rules. And they can certainly do so without making up ridiculous charges. br> — Nathan Zook br> Austin, Texas br> /p>