text: The irony, of course, is this is probably the best qualified group of judicial nominees in the history of the republic because they were pre-vetted by outside legal consulting groups.  They are conservative jurists, but by and large, they are not ideological crusaders (contrary to what some Democrat senators may try to tell us).  These are exactly the kind of persons we should want on the federal bench: intelligent, educated, and experienced, with deference to the Founder's original intent regarding the Constitution, and the intent of the U.S. Congress to federal law.  They are Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish; women and men; white, black and Asian; but above all else, they are well qualified, and have not been nominated to fill quotas of identity group politics.  The Democrat senator have no valid reason or rationale to oppose these nominees . . . except these nominees are not the usual bunch of ideologically motivated liberals who were nominated by the previous president.