The Wall Street Journal Has the ABA'S Number

In this editorial appearing on the op-ed page of today's paper, the Wall Street Journal correctly labels the American Bar Association as a partisan liberal group whose recent pronouncements on matters such as the nomination of Michael Wallace to the federal bench and President Bush's use of signing statements to set forth his independent view of the constitutionality of certain legislative provisions are motivated by their partisan antipathy toward the present Administration. ABA President Michael Grieco evidently takes issue with an earlier Journal editorial on the Wallace nomination. Looks to me like the Journal has the better of this argument.