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Sunday, November 12, 2006
Courts - "New Democratic Majority Throws Bush’s Judicial Nominations Into Uncertainty"
"New Democratic Majority Throws Bush’s Judicial Nominations Into Uncertainty" is the headline to a story today by Neil A. Lewis of the NY Times. A quote:
There is a strong consensus that the four most conservative of Mr. Bush’s nominations to the federal appeals courts are doomed. Republicans and Democrats say the four have no chance of confirmation in the next several weeks of the lame-duck Congressional session or in the final two years of Mr. Bush’s term.The nominees are William J. Haynes II, the Pentagon’s chief lawyer who was responsible for the much-criticized military interrogation policies; William G. Myers III, a longtime lobbyist for the mining and ranching industries and a critic of environmental regulations; Terrence W. Boyle, a district court judge in North Carolina; and Michael B. Wallace of Mississippi, a lawyer who was rated unqualified for the court by the American Bar Association.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on November 12, 2006 03:39 PM
Posted to Courts in general