On Tuesday, a federal judge "ruled" that President Obama's executive actions on immigration are unconstitutional. He wasn't ruling on a case, just issuing his opinion.

Judge Arthur J. Schwab of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania has a controversial history. TPM says he is "No Stranger To Controversy".

Schwab was nominated by President George W. Bush. The Senate vote to confirm Schwab to be a U.S. District Judge was 92-0. Not a single Senate Democrat objected.

So the past actions of Democrats again come back to haunt them. Not doing their duty to carefully screen nominees they put into important positions, thereby letting ideologues and kooks like Schwab become judges.

It should be noted that Democratic senators already knew better. Bush was put into office by Supreme Court justices who were put on the bench with votes from Democratic senators.

Remember that scene in Michael Moore's documentary Fahrenheit 9/11, when not one Democratic senator would join House members to object to seating Bush as President?

I suspect this is part of why people aren't bothering to vote. Only 1/3 of potential voters bothered to vote in this year's midterm elections -- the lowest turnout since WWII. I think that things like this, over the years, have added up and made the Democratic Party irrelevant to many people's lives. (Let me emphasize, that's some Democrats, not all Democrats, there are great Democrats. That video clip has House Democrats begging Senate Democrats to stand up for electoral integrity. You should always show up and vote.)