According to a 2005 article in the conservative Weekly Standard, Republicans "have long taken the position that, because it is the president's prerogative to select Supreme Court justices, any nominee who is qualified and does not subscribe to an extreme judicial philosophy should be confirmed."
That is until we have a Democrat in the Oval Office.
With Obama now nominating the next justice of the Supreme Court, those "long standing" principles no longer apply. The position is jettisoned like yesterday's old...
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