Justice delayed is justice denied. Senate Democrats are denying one heck of a lot of justice for the people of North Carolina. Senate Republicans, on the other hand, are proposing a plan to ensure more timely justice no matter which party would benefit.

As highlighted earlier this week by a most informative forum on judicial nominations sponsored by the Senate Republican Conference, U.S. District Judge Robert Conrad of North Carolina on Thursday marked the one-year anniversary of his nomination to the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, without the courtesy of a single committee hearing to consider his qualifications.