Of course, the Republicans have been trying to destroy the Constitution, well, since Nixon ("When the president does it that means that it is not illegal").

So just because Bush nominates yet another judge who wants Him to be a tyrant--Well, that's hardly the "extraordinary circumstance" that would trigger a filibuster.

Heck, it would be "extraordinary" if the Republicans decided that tyranny was a bad idea and came out in support of the Fourth Amendment!

Well, we can dream, can't we?

Back to Republican operative Brett Kavanaugh (last seen helping out Ken Starr on that blowjob thing as part of the Republican's slow-moving coup against Clinton). Now on the White House staff, Kavanaugh's the one who's signed off on Bush's signing statements. AP:

However, Kavanaugh acknowledged giving final approval to signing statements that the White House issues when Bush signs legislation into law.

You remember signing statements, right?

Signing statements are how Bush puts himself above the law. From the Boston Globe:

President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that [H]e has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution.

That means that Bush wants to exercise the judicial function (interpreting the law) as well as the executive function, destroying the separation of powers the Constitution is designed to achieve. As Federalist 47 says, that's a recipe for tyranny. The Globe editorializes:

Has George W. Bush come to believe he's king?

That's the question that springs to mind upon reading Charlie Savage's front-page report in Sunday's Globe detailing the president's sotto voce assertion that he can disregard laws if he thinks they impinge on his constitutional powers.

That novel claim resides in the ''signing statements" the administration issues outlining its legal interpretation of laws the president has signed -- interpretations that often run contrary to the statute's clear intent.

Bush's position reduces to this: The president needn't execute the laws as they are written and passed, but rather, has the right to implement -- or ignore -- them as he sees fit. (Were it not for our pesky written Constitution, perhaps George II could take his cue from Charles I, dismiss Congress, and rule -- ah, govern -- without any legislative interference whatsoever.)

So, we've got Republican operative Kavanaugh approving Bush's signing statements--a clear effort by the Republicans to destroy our Constitutional system of government.

And who, you may ask, invented the doctrine of signing statements? Why, Republican operative Scalito, when he was in convicted felon Ed Meese's "Justice" Department.

Sigh.

The question we need to ask all our elected officials is this: What is your plan to restore Constitutional government?

Because the Republicans are systematically destroying Constitutional government and replacing it with tyranny.

UPDATE The frogs-in-boiling-water at the WaPo editorial board come out for Kavanaugh. Jeebus.