Mitt’s Mistake

I happen to think Mitt Romney is a pretty good member of the United States Senate. Disagreements aside, he brings ideas and a unique kind of independence to the job.

Especially disagreeable, in my estimation, however, is the statement he’s released announcing that he will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

In a world where members of both parties crossed the aisle to support each other’s nominees to the bench, it would be an eminently reasonable decision and rationale. In this one, it’s malpractice. Democrats...