Lies, Damned Lies, and Judicial Statistics
When next you hear the 'well, the Republicans blocked more judges under Clinton than the Democrats have to G.W.' line, please remember this factoid from The Economist:
There is some truth in the Democrats' claim that they are being selective in whom they target. The Department of Justice lists just 41 vacancies out of an 877-strong federal bench�a 4.7% vacancy rate (the lowest since 1990). But the Republicans stress that, if you narrow it down to the US appeals courts, which decide on tricky judicial issues and provide a pool of candidates for the Supreme Court, the picture changes: only 29 of Mr Bush's 46 nominations to the appeals courts have been confirmed, a lower confirmation rate than Mr Clinton faced in his first three years in office.