Senate Judiciary Committee approves William Pryor

AP ^ | May 12, 2005 | Staff

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CAPITOL HILL The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the last of four hotly disputed judicial nominees on a party line vote. The ten-to-eight vote sends acting appeals court Judge William Pryor's nomination to the Senate.

Democrats blocked his nomination in President Bush's last term. But Bush gave him a temporary seat on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta with a recess appointment. They've vowed to filibuster Pryor and three other Bush nominees this time around, too.

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has threatened to disallow future filibusters and force a vote on Pryor and the others.

Democrats say Pryor's views on abortion and gay rights would prevent him from being an impartial judge. Republicans say his personal views have nothing to do with his respect for the law.

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[Preachin']

I hope this day doesn't end without forcing the Democrats hand on the floor of the Senate.

I am not sure what the next steps are (from the Senate rules perspective).

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Ka-BOOM

[Dems_R_Losers]

Judge Pryor has been on the bench for several months now. I want to see the Democrats try to portray him as some kind of right-wing maniac, because his ruling so far do not show that. As far as I know, the Constitution has not been shredded in the 11th Circut, slavery has not been reintroduced, and women are not wearing burqas. But this is the kind of stuff Dems warned would happen if Pryor were on the bench.

[OldFriend]

Since when do the true facts have anything to with the unhinged demonrats claims against a person.

[xzins]

Republicans say his personal views have nothing to do with his respect for the law.

Although short, this is a fairly balanced AP report. Wonder where their liberal commissar editor is?

[Tacis]

FRIST WILL FOLD!!! Whatever he does in this go round, no matter how great the victory HE declares, Frist will leave W's nominees to the USSC vulnerable to scumbag crapweasel dem filth and corruption. FRIST WILL FOLD!!

[EQAndyBuzz]

"Although short, this is a fairly balanced AP report. Wonder where their liberal commissar editor is?"

Busy retouching code pink photos.

[sirthomasthemore]

Janice Rogers Brown, first. Let Dems filibuster a qualified woman nominee.

[steveegg]

Ping.

I know it's AP, but they're saying that Prior is the last of the "threatened filibuster" candidates to make it out of committee.

[Flyer]

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has threatened

"Do, or do not. There is no try."

[JohnnyZ]

FRIST WILL FOLD!!!

If only you folks would post your mea culpas and apologies when you're wrong as often as you condemn people before the fact.

It's like all those gun-owner Bush-bashers who swore up and down that the Assault Weapon Ban would be reauthorized.

[Tacis]

I'll be delighted to apologize IF I AM WRONG! But, FRIST WILL FOLD!! Sure, Pryor and, maybe, all of the others (maybe not Owens) will get through. Fat Teddy will let Frist beat his chest a little a claim a wonderful victory.

But, that's only a battle! The war will come with W's nominees for USSC Justice/Chief Justice and NOTHING Frist does in the current Pryor victory wil be in play. The scumbags will block the first USSC nominee for reasons as silly as they used against Pickering or Bork, for that matter.

OK, I'm willing to modify my opinion a little. FRIST WILL FOLD but will declare victory! But, at the first USSC contest, FRIST WILL JUST FOLD!!

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Oh boy, venomous invective time.

[George Smiley]

I want to see that woman sitting on the Supreme Court, and Condi Rice in the White House.

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"It's like all those gun-owner Bush-bashers who swore up and down that the Assault Weapon Ban would be reauthorized."

Bless you, you're one of the few who bothers bringing all that up.

[Howlin]

They never come back to correct the record, do they?

[KevinDavis]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sirthomasthemore]

I want to see that woman sitting on the Supreme Court, and Condi Rice in the White House

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You go, Smiley! From your keyboard to God's hard drive!:o) I've even take it visa-versa.

I was raised in a poor neighborhood with mothers and female educators who had this no-nonsense, common sense and faith based attitude. And young males knew better than to give them any "lip"!

Since I believe, with all due respect to females on this Board, that it has been predominantly female behavior that has hurt the culture most over the last 25 years- it's time to get female conservatives into high positions to undo the damage.