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Posted on 08/24/2004 8:07:20 AM PDT by mhking
WASHINGTON -- California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown's nomination to the federal bench is sparking more political controversy, with a civil rights group announcing a television advertisement Wednesday calling on Sen. John Edwards to support the conservative judge.
The Congress of Racial Equality is airing the ad in Edwards' home state of North Carolina, where the Democratic Party is hoping for victory this year with Edwards on the ticket as the vice presidential hopeful.
CORE is out of step with most civil rights group in supporting Brown - the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Congressional Black Caucus both oppose her, with opponents citing her opposition to affirmative action, among other stances.
But leaders of the more conservative Congress of Racial Equality say Brown is a black role model who deserves a seat on the federal bench, and they're challenging Edwards on his home turf to support her. The ad also names Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, a fellow Senate Judiciary Committee member who has helped lead the fight against Bush judicial nominees.
"Judge Janice Rogers Brown is the daughter of sharecroppers and an American success story," a female announcer says in the ad set to air for about a week starting Wednesday on cable and network news broadcasts in North Carolina.
"For her remarkable work, she has been nominated to the federal bench ... Tell John Edwards and Ted Kennedy to stop blocking the nomination of Judge Janice Rogers Brown."
CORE national spokesman Niger Innis said the group hasn't made an endorsement in the presidential race. But he said it's no accident the ad is airing in a Southern state Democrats hope to win.
"Frankly the fact that we're doing this in the heat of a political season when the whole world is watching, is a good thing," said Innis, a registered Republican. "We're not affecting the election, it's John Edwards' timidity and cowardice in dealing with this question, it's the Democrats' filibustering tactics that could affect this campaign. We just want to let black Americans know what is happening within the Democratic Party."
Brown, among the most conservative of California's seven Supreme Court justices, is among a half-dozen Bush appeals court nominees who've been blocked in the Senate by Democrats threatening a filibuster. She's nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
Spokesmen for Edwards and Kennedy defended the senators' opposition to Brown, contending she has voted against civil rights, workers' rights and environmental protections.
"Sen. Edwards feels a strong obligation to lead on issues of civil rights. Supporting Justice Brown would be turning his back on that responsibly, which is something he would never do," said Edwards spokeswoman Kim Rubey.
Brown's judicial assistant said the justice had no comment.
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If I'm not mistaken Leon Terrells Support of Brown is what led to his fight with the ACLU or NAACP.
Thanks for the post--of course trail lawyer edwards can never endorse her because he works for trial lawyers an not the American people--and won't work for anyone else should he be elected as "VP-of the U.S. trial lawyers for higher prices and insurance premiums."
Truth and fairness means nothing to democrats.
Ping--what do you think of this?
She would be an excellent Judge. As a Californian, I can tell you, she is what we want.
Janice R. Brown
Resumé
Birth: May 11, 1949 Greenville, Alabama
Legal Residence: California
Education: 1967 - 1969 California State University
1972 - 1974 B.A. degree
1974 - 1977 University of California School of Law
J.D. degree
2002 - present University of Virginia School of Law
LL.M. degree expected 2004
Bar Admittance: 1977 California
Military: 1977 - 1979 Legislative Counsel Bureau
Deputy Legislative Counsel
Experience: 1979 - 1987 California Department of Justice
Attorney General’s Office
Deputy Attorney General
1987 - 1990 State of California
Business, Transportation & Housing Agency
Deputy Secretary & General Counsel
1990 - 1991 Nielsen, Merksamer, Parinello, Mueller & Naylor
Senior Associate
1991 - 1994 Governor Pete Wilson’s Office
Legal Affairs Secretary
1994 - 1996 California Court of Appeals for the Third District
Associate Justice
1998 - 1999 University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
Adjunct Professor
1996 - present California Supreme Court
Associate Justice
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