This is John Batcher, a conversation with Mary Anastasia Grady, my colleague at the Wall Street Journal

editorial page, she writes the America's column, about a strange decision made by President

Malay, the new president of Argentina, a man who campaigned that he was going

to out with the old, cut it down to size, turn it over to the people.

And yet an appointment for the highest court in Argentina

that reaches back to the Kertrner's,

Nesta Kertner and his wife, The Kertner era is known as, well it's not seen as clearing

out the dead wood of old government and it's not seen as healthy for the people of Argentina these days.

So why did Malay appoint a judge who represents everything he campaigned against, Mary explains.

More of this later.

Well, you know, you bring up a really good point because a lot of my readers are complaining

that I didn't explain why President Malay would be doing this.

It seems to go completely against what he promised during the campaign.

There are theories, many theories running around Buenos Aires, that basically he is making sausage.

I mean he needs to get things through Congress, he needs to have a court that is going to rule when he does

something that's not going to say this is unconstitutional and so he's basically

building a court with favor toward somebody who can help him, whether that's

Christina Kishner, who still controls a lot of Congress and people in the streets or whether that's the court itself.