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President Biden wants credit for nominating the first Black woman to the Supreme Court. But here is the shameful irony: As a senator, Biden warned President George W. Bush that if he nominated the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, he would filibuster and kill her nomination. The story begins in 2003, when Bush nominated Judge Janice Rogers Brown to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The D.C. Circuit is considered the country’s second-most important court, and has produced more Supreme Court justices than any other federal court. Brown was...

President Biden wants credit for nominating the first Black woman to the Supreme Court. But here is the shameful irony: As a senator, Biden warned President George W. Bush that if he nominated the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, he would filibuster and kill her nomination. The story begins in 2003, when Bush nominated Judge Janice Rogers Brown to serve on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The D.C. Circuit is considered the country’s second-most important court, and has produced more Supreme Court justices than any other federal court. Brown was...

Following the withdrawal of Harriet Miers a new nominee for the US Supreme Court should emerge soon. What characteristics should the President be looking for? The first is demonstrable intellectual calibre. The President could assert what he liked about Miers, there was no public record to demonstrate her qualifications. The contrast with Roberts is extreme. The second is a suitable judicial philosophy. While the Roberts nomination was generally well receieved, despite a limited public record, the Miers debacle shows that you can only pull this stunt off with an exceptional candidate The third follows from the second: judicial experience. While...

Bush has unique chance to mold high court Will chief justice choice be low-key or a 'red-meat' conservative? WASHINGTON - The death of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist provides President Bush with an unusual opportunity to stamp the nation's highest court with his conservative seal. In nominating John G. Roberts, whose Senate confirmation hearings are scheduled to begin Tuesday, Bush turned to an obviously conservative candidate, but one with a low-key, hard-to-pin-down reputation and a relatively short paper trail. There was no immediate indication of whether the Senate will delay the hearings in recognition of Rehnquist's death. Fresh list of...

A broad spectrum of nationally recognized conservative leaders is sending a clear message to President Bush: Please, don’t nominate Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales to the U.S. Supreme Court. From former presidential candidate and now American Conservative Editor Pat Buchanan to Weekly Standard Editor Bill Kristol, the movement seems to be speaking with one voice. “If the President picked Gonzales, it would break the hearts of conservatives,” Buchanan told Human Events. “The appointment would be the deflation of the whole conservative movement, because the activists would feel that the President had surrendered to [liberal Democratic Senators Chuck] Schumer [N.Y.] and [Teddy]...

The link for finding Gonzales outspoken criticisms of fellow Judges Rogers Brown and Priscilla Owen is: http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=1726 Gonzales is WEAK on PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS. two examples: 1) While he was WH Counsel, the WH sided with the City of New London on the Kelo case, or refused to join on Kelo's side in an amicus brief. Secondly, a quick search found this case where Gonzalies joned the majority in SHARPLY opposing Janet Rogers Brown's dissent (they were both on the Texas Supreme Court at the time) (Source: People for te American Way, via Google search): FM Properties Operating Co. v....

This is my first post, so I apologize if I don't follow any protocols or anything... I was doing some reading over at DU earlier (since this guy I go to school with thinks that site is the Bible), and I came across this article on the main page. The author, Gene Gerard, posts a piece about why the Dems should be filibustering Justice Brown. He cites her opinion in the case People v. Robert Young, in which Justice Brown reportedly said the following: Justice Brown argued that it was permissible for prosecutors to do so [keep a black person...

If a sentient being from a different universe were to observe and assess the cultural debate in the United States, it would likely conclude that proponents for the various sides are locked in a life and death struggle for supremacy, and the being would not be far wrong. In a recent speech, one of President' Bush's Judicial Nominations, Justice Janice Rogers Brown of the California Supreme Court asserted that the cultural divide in the United States is as marked as anytime since the Civil War. The ACLU is reported to have severely criticized her for her "intemperate" remarks. This raises...

The liberal war against President Bush’s judicial nominees continues—and the battle is heating up among Senate Republican leaders to bring an end to the filibustering of good judges. Two of these fine judges are Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen and California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown. Both of their nominations have been blocked for years by left-leaning Senators. In Rev. Sheldon’s recent commentary on the liberal efforts to keep decent judges from receiving a full vote in the Senate, he noted: “The screeching leftist special interest groups like People for the American Way have worked hand in glove...

Black Network Files Complaint Against NAACP Attorney Unethical Influence in Shaping Constitutional Cases Charged For Release: December 4, 2003 Contact: David Almasi at 202/371-1400 x106 The African-American leadership network Project 21 is asking the Virginia State Bar to investigate NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc president and director-counsel Elaine R. Jones. "Obstructionism is the order of the day in the Senate," said Project 21 member Gregory Parker of New Braunfels, Texas. "Now we know that this judicial obstructionism is part of a carefully orchestrated plan by a few senators and left-wing special interest groups." The complaint, to be filed...