Chris Mondics has a neat story this morning on Philly.com, entitled “History contradicts party-line animosity.” It features retired Third Circuit Judge Timothy Lewis, now at Schnader Harrison, describing the process by which he was confirmed, quickly and unanimously, after being chosen by Arlen Specter and nominated by Pres. George H.W. Bush. The article suggests that Lewis’s non-partisan confirmation “might point the way forward for the U.S. Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland,” but it’s equally instructive for the pending Third Circuit nomination of Rebecca Haywood.

Recommended.