Priscilla Owen takes oath for federal bench

AP ^ | 6/6/2005 12:26 CST | Kelley Shannon

[katieanna]

Texas judge Priscilla Owen, the subject of a long and heated confirmation battle in the U.S. Senate, took the oath of office Monday for her new seat on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Owen, a justice on the Texas Supreme Court for more than a decade, won Senate confirmation to the federal post last month after a four-year fight over President Bush´s push to place conservatives on the nation´s highest courts. She became the first of Bush´s long-blocked nominees to win approval under an agreement reached by centrists in the Senate.

[katieanna]

Very nice comments made by 5th Circuit Chief Judge Carolyn King toward the end of the piece.

Congratulations, Judge Owen!

[anniegetyourgun]

Thank God....I thought we'd never see this day.

[Kryptonite]

Cigars all around...hurray.

[andyk]

Chief Judge Carolyn King of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of appeals said Owen is filling a post vacated in 1997.

Ridiculous. But, having said that, I confess that I'm happy this post was filled by President Bush, and not Clinton.