Issodhos, I am sure you are aware that any and all litigation is designed to manipulate the judicial process to one end or another. Any litigation involving the Constitution necessarily and without exception is a manipulation. That is the nature of the beast.

From what I have read, both Pres. Obama and Judge Sotomayor see the process as Chuck Howard has ably described it. Do you have other information or are you just speculating?

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