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Here's a great piece by George Will on President Bush's pick of Judge Samuel Alito of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Supreme Court. I for one welcome this forthcoming judicial fight and think the Will puts it well when he noted:

Our nation properly takes its political bearings, always, from the Constitution, properly construed on the basis of deep immersion in the intellectual ferment of the Founding Era that produced it. That is why our democracy inescapably functions under some degree of judicial supervision. The nation has long needed a serious debate about the proper nature of that supervision. And the president needed both a chance to demonstrate his seriousness and an occasion to challenge his Democratic critics to demonstrate theirs in a momentous battle on terrain of his choosing. The Alito nomination begins that debate.

So get out your constitution, glue yourself to blogs like The Corner, Southern Appeal, Bench Memos, The Volokh Conspiracy, Professor Bainbridge, No Left Turns and PowerLine and get ready for a great show. O.k., I'm a nerd but it's still cool.