Swift Justice

In an attempt to distract from the 24-hour Roveathon enveloping Washington, Bush has moved up the timetable on the Supreme Court nomination. He's supposed to announce his nominee at 9 p.m. ET tonight, with early speculation settling on Fifth Circuit Judge Edith Brown Clement of New Orleans. The elevation of a relative unknown to the top of the potential-justice pile raises several questions. Most pressing among them is this: are the rumors of Judge Clement's impending nomination just a clever ruse in order to disguise Bush's true choice, Red Sox starter Matt Clement? The hints are certainly there. Clement is listed as both batting and throwing from the right (wink, wink). Though his lifetime decisions may mark him as a centrist (79-78), he is currently listed at 10-3 in favor of the Red Sox (nudge, nudge). While it's just a rumor, and one that admittedly I started, it would finally give the Supreme Court softball team a pitcher who could throw the circle change.