As has been discussed in Bench Memos, though we’ve known for awhile John Roberts would be confirmed, it’s no small thing that this supposed “extremist” “Neanderthal” has been confirmed. Not in Ginsburg numbers–and there is little doubt she is an extremist. But even in this insanely heated partisan Senate, he got 78 votes. It’s a real victory for the Bush administration. And if my good feelings about John Roberts are right, so I think it’s a victory for America.