Considerations on what Arlen Specter's defection means for the Senate Judiciary Committee and the selection of Justice Souter's replacement, from Legal Insurrection. The idea is that Arlen's defection puts what was a wobbly Republican vote in the Democrat's camp, and any court nominee must get one minority party vote to get out of committee. Of course, Lindsay Graham and Chuck Grassley are on the committee, so they shouldn't be too hard to convince/bribe.