I wrote my Congressman Wayne Allard with my views on the filabuster. I was polite, etc. This is part of his response.
Relating Bush's judicial appointments to fighting the war on terror.....uh?
Well qualified nominees.....what?
Anyway here is part of his response and the talking points they are using to support this attack on our constitution.
In light of recent terrorist attacks, it is readily apparent that we face
a new age of global unrest, a world in which terror has replaced formal
declarations of war as the major threat against freedom and democracy. A
necessary component of providing justice to those who would do harm to our
nation is to maintain an efficient court system - a court equipped with
the personnel and resources that enable it to fulfill its role as a pillar
of our constitutional system of governance.
The current filibusters of President Bush's Circuit Court nominees clearly
demonstrates an active effort by a minority of Senators to block the
confirmation of well-qualified judicial nominees. I firmly believe that
these tactics have damaged the judicial nomination process to an
unacceptable degree, and now it must be corrected. It is shameful that
the action of a handful of Senators has created a vacancy crisis that
threatens the service of the very justice upon which our great nation
depends.
These judicial nominess are so far out of the mainstream, that is in fact their appointment that threatens the very justice on which our great nation depends.