Shouldn't they be protecting some wildlife?

In case you thought the Sierra Club was chiefly concerned with trees and critters, you might want to check out this press release this week, in which the Sierra Club announced they've filed suit against a federal judicial appointment made by President Bush. Their aim is nothing less than to undo the appointment of the judge to his position.

The Sierra Club is trying to say that Judge William Pryor was appointed unconstitutionally to the Eleventh Circuit Court, inasmuch as the recess appointment was made during a time that the Sierra Club does not agree was a Senate recess. If that is really true, I find it remarkable that not one of the forty-plus Senators who were filibustering the nomination proceedings realized it!

But of course the Sierra Club is not really concerned about the technical definition of what is and is not a Senate "recess." And if the Sierra Club were really that interested in seeing to it that Judge Pryor went through a normal nominations process, maybe they should have lobbied the Senate to secure a floor vote on his nomination during the ten months that this was pending business.