[size=3][b]Senate Panel Rejects Pickering[/b][/size=3]

WASHINGTON - The Democratic-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee (news - web sites) voted along party lines Thursday to kill the nomination of Judge Charles Pickering to the appeals court....."

"Pickering does not have 'the temperament, the moderation or the commitment to core constitutional ... protections that is required for a life tenure position on the appeals court,' said Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, one of an unbroken string of committee Democrats to argue against confirmation..."

[sarcasm]And just what are those "core constitutional protections" you speak of Mr. "Let's create a national gun registry and pass massive gun control legislation"?[/sarcasm]