Back in this comment, Sean Fitzpatrick pointed out a fun fact:

One of those “not so sexy” district court nominations [to be submitted to the lame duck Congress] is of former U.S. Representative Jim Rogan (R-CA), who served as lead prosecutor in Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate.

This escaped our notice, but not that of Al Kamen, of the Washington Post. From In the Loop (a Beltway must-read):

[O]ne of Bush’s nominees, a former House member from California and a “manager” in the effort to impeach and remove President Bill Clinton from office, could very well be confirmed to a federal judgeship, even under a Democratic Senate next year.

James Rogan, who lost his seat in 2000 because of voter unhappiness over his impeachment efforts, was later confirmed by the Senate to head the Patent and Trademark Office. He’s now a Los Angeles lawyer.

And, oddly enough, Rogan’s got support from an unusual group of Clinton backers, including a California judicial vetting committee with members picked by liberal Democratic Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer.

Kamen wonders: Will Senatrix Hillary Clinton (D-NY) vote for the man who tried to get her and her husband evicted from the White House? She’s known to bear grudges (and voted repeatedly against Michael Chertoff, when he was nominated for executive and judicial branch posts, because of his involvement in the Whitewater investigation).

But then again, check out this cheery photograph of the Clintons and the Rogans, from a White House Christmas party in 1999:

Hillary’s bustline is somewhat drooping in the pic. But that’s not Rogan’s fault, is it?

On Deck Again: One of Democrats’ Favorite Clinton Foes [Washington Post]