[William McKinley]

The memos themselves, in PDF form.

Outstanding job by the Coalition for a Fair Judiciary in bringing this to light.

[Grampa Dave]

Con gratulations on this good news. This needs to get big coverage and bumps.

[Howlin]

MORE MEMO INFO PING!!!

[Damocles]

Good Lord. Will anything come of this?

[Grampa Dave]

Gentlemen please use your ping lists to get this news out.

[Grampa Dave]

This perfect for your ping list and so timely.

[Grampa Dave]

Please ping this out to your ping/alert lists.

[Grampa Dave]

This might fit into two of your ping lists. Thanks!

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Democrats are vile. Just vile.

[struwwelpeter]

they appear to have been intentionally leaked by a Democrat

A "mugged liberal"? Or just Hillary thinning the herd?

[MEG33]

The pols wonder why their approval rating is always in the cellar.This kind of partisan dirty dealing turns people off and unfortunately taints the whole Senate,not just the guilty Dems.I hope we can turn this into election gold.

[No Blue States]

"A November 2001 memo to Durbin also notes that the groups have "identified Miguel Estrada as especially dangerous, because he has a minimal paper trail, he is Latino, and the White House seems to be grooming him for a Supreme Court appointment."

English and Spanish campaign add 2004.

[mhking]

A "you've gotta be kidding" mega-ping (JD! & B/C lists)...

[onyx]

Outstanding post by you. Thank you. Greatly appreciated.

[Strider]

A November 2001 memo to Durbin also notes that the groups have "identified Miguel Estrada as especially dangerous, because he has a minimal paper trail, he is Latino, and the White House seems to be grooming him for a Supreme Court appointment.

Where is the outrage? Oh, never mind. It's not a republican memo.

[o_zarkman44]

Time to apply pressure on those obstructionist socialist democrats. This news is not a surprise considering the actions of the senate Judiciary Committee, but it is indeed disturbing the vast left wing conspiracy the memo(s) represent.

[Triple]

A clear violation of the oath of office - at the very least.

[oust the louse]

Please tell the alphabet channels to keep this hush hush...we don't want this getting out... because no sense in alarming/alerting/educating the public...(sarcasm).
If the sheeple don't hear it from the leftist lamestream media then they'll believe it as false.

[William McKinley]

Transcribed text of one memo:

To: Senator Durbin
From: [Blacked out]
Date: November 7, 2001
Re: Meeting with Civil Rights Leaders Yesterday to Discuss Judges

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Due to the floor activity last night, you missed a meeting with Senator Kennedy and representatives of various civil rights groups. This was intended to follow up a meeting in Senator Kennedy's office in mid-October, when the groups expressed serious concern with the quick hearing for Charles Pickering and the pace of judicial nominations generally.

Yesterday's meeting accomplished two objectives. First, the groups advocated for some procedural ground rules. These include (1) only one hearing per monthl (2) no more than three judges per hearing; (3) giving Committee Democrats and the public more advance notice of scheduled nominees; (4) no recess hearings; and (5) a commitment that nominees voted down in Committee will not get a floor vote. Earlier yesterday, Senator Leahy's staff committed to the third item in principle.

Second, yesterday's meeting focused on identifying the most controversial and/or vulnerable judicial nominees, and a strategy for targeting them. The groups singled out three-- Jeffrey Sutton (6th Circuit); Priscilla Owen (5th Circuit); and Caroline Kuhl (9th Circuit) -- as a potential nominee for a contentious hearing early next year, with a eye to voting him or her down in Committee. They also identified Miguel Estrada (D.C. Circuit) as especially dangerous, because he has a minimal paper trail, he is Latino, and the White House seems to be grooming him for a Supreme Court appointment. They want to hold Estrada off as long as possible.

Attached is a table I compiled, evaluating the 19 Court of Appeals nominees and a few of the controversial district court nominees. Based on input from the groups, I would place the appellate nominees in the categories below. Asterisks indicate that a Senator has placed a hold on the nominee.

Good	Bad	Ugly
Clifton (9th Cir.)*	Shedd (4th Cir.)	Boyle (4th Cir.)*
Melloy (8th Cir.)	Roberts (D.C. Cir)	Owen (5th Cir.)
O'Brien (10th Cir.)	L. Smith (8th Cir.)	Sutton (6th Cir.) *
Howard (1st Cir.)	Pickering (5th Cir.)	Cook (6th Cir.)*
B. Smith (3rd Cir.)	Tymkovich (10th Cir.)	McConnell (10th Cir.)
	Gibbons (6th Cir.)	Estrada (D.C. Cir.)
	Steele (11th Cir.)	Kuhl (9th Cir.)*

[netmilsmom]

Great Job!
Anyone else thinking Zell Miller has something to do with this? Sean Hannity gave him two segments a bit ago and now holds (and is screaming about) these memos.

Could be just my tin-foil hat needs adjusting...

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

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