First Things on Judge William Pryor

(Hat tip: Steve Dillard at Southern Appeal)

Father Richard John Neuhaus writes about Judge William H. Pryor at the First Things blog On the Square:

... Judge Pryor’s confirmation process was frequently marked by viciousness. People who go through this experience — Judge Robert Bork’s trial being indelibly imprinted on the national memory — soon learn that it is not really about them personally. The anything-goes attacks are aimed at sending the message to law students, professors, and judges that holding the wrong opinions on hot-button issues is sure death to any hopes of advancement.

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