The Fedora Amendment

TBogg finds this gem from constitutional scholar Roger L. Simon, who claims that Russ Feingold demonstrated that he was a principled liberal by voting for John Roberts:

On the other hand, Russ Feingold, whose core political beliefs are far more liberal than Feinstein’s, followed the Constitution and voted yes. You may disagree with Feingold but he is not a fake. That is what democracy should be.

Mr. Bogg is puzzled, as the Constitution seems to explicitly give the Senate the power to “advise and consent” on Presidential nominations, and does not seem to specify any criteria that Senators must use, which seems to make Simon’s claim that Senators are constitutionally obligated to vote for John Roberts idiotic even for an argument made by Roger Simon. However, TBogg’s copy of the Constitution seems to be out-of-date. Lawyers, Guns and Money has obtained a copy of the Constitution currently being used by the right wing of the blogosphere, which contains a clause not in the now-obsolete Constitution being used by people who don’t believe 9/11 should change everyone into Republican hacks:

Amendment XVIII: a)The Senate shall not withhold its consent from any reasonably articulate heterosexual white guy appointed by a Republican President. The Senate shall also not reject any nominee favored by washed-up screenwriters who currently apply their Maoist ideological framework on behalf of the Republican Party.

b)It shall be unconstitutional for the Democrat party to filibuster judicial nominees made by a President of the Republican Party.

See, now it all makes sense! Make sure to make the necessary additions to your own copy.