"Bush to Renominate Judges Blocked by DemocratsLink
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites) said on Thursday he would renominate a group of controversial judicial nominees who were blocked by Senate Democrats, signaling the start of a second-term battle over the make-up of the nation's top courts.
Emboldened by his re-election victory and gains by Republicans in the Senate, Bush plans to renominate a total of 20 nominees to the nation's court of appeals and district courts, the White House said.
"The president nominated highly qualified individuals to the federal courts during his first term, but the Senate failed to vote on many nominations," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said.
During the hard-fought presidential campaign, Bush sought to brand Senate Democrats, who blocked 10 of his judicial nominees, as obstructionists. Democrats accused Bush of trying to tilt the courts with "right-wing extremists."
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Good for Pres. Bush renominating those Judges. The RINOS will stick out like sore thumbs if they vote against the nominees. I read the resumes or legal/educational biographies of these nominees before and I felt that each and every one of them was a Good pick that could be trusted to vote in accordance with the Constituton as it's written. Not Judicial terrorists legislating from the bench. THAT in fact is what the RATS want to do. The Rats are in "real" fear and trepidation of these candidates. Their behaviour last time round was simply disgraceful!!