The Perfect Storm for Judicial Confirmations

Ralph Neas, the president of People for the American Way, a liberal lobby, said that staunch conservatives on the Judiciary Committee might decide that, like Democrats, they need to know more about Miers' legal thinking before they can support her. That could lead them to forge an odd alliance with Democrats to demand answers about her judicial philosophy and to seek documents from the White House about her legal work for the president. . . .