this happened last week, it was under the radar of the other media hype... but critical to see how bush is stacking the judge deck, and also interesting in how it was done..

Bush Bypasses Senate, Seats Anti-Gay Judge
President Bush on Friday bypassed the Senate on a judicial nomination for the second time in five weeks and seated William Pryor, the Alabama attorney general who once likened homosexuality to prostitution, necrophilia and bestiality, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit through 2005.