Patrick Leahy has a bit of an owlish look to him, does he not? You do, after all, want to have the wise old owl thing going for you when you are passing judgement on the future of the judiciary. I wonder if he combs his eyebrows up? Were it not for Betty, the Keeper of the O’fro, I would be sporting some owlish brows my ownself. One wonders if Senator Leahy has ever considered incorporating the brows into some sort of a comb-over. There are too many pictures now for him to try to get away with it. What Senator would try to pull that off? Or even worse, get hair plugs? Why that’s no Senator, that’s the VP. (President of the Senate too, just in case you are wondering.)
On the other hand, or side, Senator Sessions sits stage right. (Our left is stage right. Right? Right.) Perhaps a little combing over but nothing to embarrass a sitting legislator. The Gentleman from Alabama looks ready to pop, however, having rehearsed his tirades in front of the mirror all last night. He may also be trying to size up what kind of blow back he is really going to get from our erstwhile Solicitor General. She smiles in pictures, but I betcha she can rip new ones in late middle aged men with a fury. I would like to see her get confirmed if only to subsequently witness her getting a high five from a Wise Latina after putting some third rate petitioner in his place.
Of course, it’s doubtful we’ll have a lot of third raters petitioning the Supreme Court. We don’t have a whole lot of third raters sitting on it. (Unless Justice Thomas keeps his mouth shut in order to keep from proving a certain point.) The fact is that, in terms of qualifications, Elena Kagan is a no-brainer. So was Robert Bork for that matter. But ever since Bork’s Icarus impersonation, we have been doomed to join Supreme Court nominees in a session of watching paint dry while Senators lob softballs or grenades at them. Either way, the response is the same: nothing. I just hope someone reminded the Capitol maintenance crew to use low VOC paints this time. Those fumes are killing me.