Paul Horwitz at Prawfsblawg has some observations about liberal complaints that Obama judicial nominations are proceeding at a slow pace. He notes that a piece in Sunday's New York Times on the subject "reads very much like many such articles -- as serving primarily as a device for one faction in the Democratic Party to send a message to another faction, and an attempt to define the agenda to their advantage." Related: Adler/Volokh, WSJ Law Blog.