The Senate Judiciary Committee has tentatively scheduled a vote on the nomiantion of Bill Pryor for tomorrow. Yet a vote is unlikely as the Democrats are almost certain to ask that it be held over one week. Senator Schumer, for one, said he doubts Pryor would apply the law in a “dispassionate” way as a judge because he has been so outspoken. Pryor’s record as Alabama Attorney General, on the other hand, would suggest he can. Pryor has often set aside his personal views to follow his legal obligations, a point Terry Eastland makes here. There’s little doubt the Senate would confirm Pryor in a bipartisan vote were his nomination to reach the floor. The only question is whether the Judiciary Committee Democrats will lead a filibuster to prevent that from happening.