As usual, I’m with Brothers Whelan and Franck. I can’t resist, though, answering Matt’s rhetorical question. The Gang of 14 deal looks LOUSY now — just like it did the day it was struck (see here). It did nothing to get Roberts and Alito on the high court, and it froze in place a one-sided defeat for a substantial senate majority under which the President lost most of the nominees at issue. Imagine the Pittsburgh Steelers are playing Columbia in football, and the Steelers, leading 84-0, agree to forfeit the game in the 4th Quarter. That’s the Gang of 14 deal.