February 21, 2016

Ron Klein, Esq.

Holland & Knight

515 E. Las Olas Blvd

Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301

RE: Judges, the Constitution, the separation of powers, and the Federalist Papers did say it’s OK to play hard ball.

Mr. Klein, 

I am sure you remember when Senator Lyndon Johnson passed a “sense of the Senate” resolution in 1959 saying that there would be no Eisenhower judicial nominations considered until the November, 1960 election.

I remember when Senator Schumer trashed Miguel Estrada in his usual smarmy, meaner than cat shit manner.

Have you forgotten Judge Bork or Judge Ginzberg?

My copy of the Constitution mentions neither a hearing nor a vote on judicial nominations. What does your copy say? You do have one, don’t you?

Tu quoque is Logically offensive but it makes for great Sophistry.

The Republicans had decades of strict instruction on strict construction from Democrats. 

It’s a new semester and the bell just rung. School is in session. Call the roll.

Kevin Smith

PS – You mention Justice Kennedy in your unctuous mini Op-Ed in today’s Sun Sentinel. It approaches a 10b5 violation that you failed to mention Judge Bork, the Supreme Court nominee before him. [You know the slime throwers are out when his name becomes a verb] The law of unintended consequences, the law that modern American Liberals hate but can’t change, tells us that if Judge Bork had become Justice Bork Vice President Alpha Gump would have succeeded Hillary’s husband. The vote inside the Court that made George Bush President was 7 to 2. The vote to accept the case was 5 to 4. Had Bork won a seat the vote would have been 5 to 4 not to accept it. Life’s a bitch sometimes.