Judicial Nominations

Today the judicial nomination system is...well...a little useless. Yes there have been a few examples in the last few years such as Harriet Myers or Robert Bork that haven't exactly worked out well for the President, but in general, the nomination process is more based on party politics than it is on merit for the Judicial System. Today, a President will search around the country not for a justice who exhibits great judicial qualities but for someone who exhibits an ideology similar to that of the makeup of the Senate. For Barack Obama, this was easy, as the entire Senate was comprised of democrats (in my dreams right?). But in general, the President selects a nominee that will probably get through the Senate and then gives a little deference to the BAR Association, and asks them to rate nominees which except for Clarence Thomas, they always rate well qualified.

In my opinion, this isn't how it should be, but of course it won't change. I feel like the President shouldn't even be the one to nominate justices. The process just gets so political and so partisan it takes what really should be in the process out of it. I don't believe we have a competent court now and I think the process and the vetting of the court nominees is to blame for this. I don't even know how to fix it, I just know it is broke.