LAT: Clear Path for Some (judicial) Nominees

[DeepModem Mom]

Clear Path for Some Nominees
By David G. Savage and Richard B. Schmitt, Times Staff Writers


WASHINGTON — The Senate's compromise deal on judges should clear the way for several of President Bush's most conservative nominees to win approval, while several others who had less support on the right will remain in limbo.

Alabama's former attorney general, William H. Pryor Jr., and California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown, both favorites of social conservatives, are likely to win lifetime seats on a U.S. appellate court.

The same is true with Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla R. Owen, one of Bush's first judicial nominees. A favorite of pro-business conservatives, she is expected to finally win approval for the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans....

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Although Pryor, Owen and Brown all had the enthusiastic backing of key Republicans in the Senate, the same was not true for Idaho lawyer William G. Myers III and Michigan state court judge Henry W. Saad.

Myers, who was chosen for the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, is one of the few controversial nominees in recent years to come under attack for his record on environmental rather than social issues....Saad's nomination for the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati had been blocked by Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich)....Last week, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) raised eyebrows when he commented during a Senate debate that Republicans should examine Saad's confidential FBI report before voting to confirm him....


http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-profile24may24,0,7724366.story?coll=la-home-nation

[rodeodance]

1. yes--these three have ordered their business cards this morning

--just joking about this---but they might as well do so.

[Frances]

2. It seems to me that this article is assuming that no

Republican will vote his/her conscience and vote against these extremist judges. Shouldn't there be some questions asked about why this is so.

[TahitiNut]

3. What conscience?

How many total votes have there been against any of DimSon's nominees by any Reichbots? One? Out of over 2,700? Conscience? Nonsense. Just like the Communist Party in the Soviet Union and the National Socialist Party in Germany, loyalty (total compliance) to party is ranked above nation and conscience.