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Bush names two judges to 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
AP/nctimes ^ | February 15, 2006 | MATTHEW DALY

Posted on 02/16/2006 1:37:59 PM PST by ncountylee

WASHINGTON -- President Bush has nominated two California lawyers -- including the brother of Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith -- to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Milan Smith, a Los Angeles business lawyer and a former member of California's Fair Employment and Housing Commission, was named to the panel this week. His nomination follows the appointment last week of Sandra Segal Ikuta, general counsel to the California Resources Agency, to the nation's largest federal appeals court.

The San Francisco-based 9th Circuit covers nine Western states with about 54 million people and has 28 judgeships.

Smith and Ikuta would fill vacancies created by A. Tashima Wallace and James Browning, respectively, who each took senior status, the equivalent of retirement.

Gordon Smith, a Republican, said in a statement Wednesday he was proud of his older brother and honored that Bush has nominated him to the appeals court post, which pays $175,100 a year.

Milan Smith "has a brilliant legal mind, superior academic credentials, real world experience as a lawyer and a temperament that is wise and fair," the senator said. "He is my eldest sibling, my big brother and a shining example for me throughout the years of my life."

(Excerpt) Read more at nctimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: 9thcircuit; bush43; gordonsmith; ikuta; judges; judicialnominees; milansmith; sandraikuta
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1 posted on 02/16/2006 1:37:59 PM PST by ncountylee
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To: ncountylee

Milan Smith, 63, seems a little old to just be put on the bench. IMHO


2 posted on 02/16/2006 1:38:38 PM PST by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: ncountylee

bttt


3 posted on 02/16/2006 1:40:06 PM PST by ConservativeMan55 (DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
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To: ncountylee

Maybe the ninth needs some leadership???


4 posted on 02/16/2006 1:40:19 PM PST by westmichman (Please pray with me for global warming)
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To: ncountylee

Never fear. John Kerry will call a filibuster from Tuscany.


5 posted on 02/16/2006 1:40:51 PM PST by LdSentinal
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To: ncountylee

They're breaking up the Ninth Circus Court of Appeals???


6 posted on 02/16/2006 1:41:28 PM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: ncountylee

Time to drag the 9th kicking and screaming towards the center...


7 posted on 02/16/2006 1:41:56 PM PST by TampaDude (If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the PROBLEM!!!)
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To: ncountylee

Smith, a Republican, also is supported by Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., who endorsed his nomination in a letter to the White House last year. Boxer called Smith a highly respected lawyer who is "widely supported by his peers and colleagues and would make an excellent addition" to the 9th Circuit.

Smith's tenure on the employment panel is best remembered by his departure. He resigned from the panel in 1991 after then-Gov. Pete Wilson vetoed a bill that would have given the commission power to award compensation to victims of sexual harassment.

Smith said his resignation -- and numerous public appearances promoting the bill -- helped spur the California Legislature to pass the bill again the next year. That time Wilson signed it.

"I did it a a matter of honor," Smith said of his resignation. "I felt there was no point if women are being sexually harassed but there's no damages."
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hmmm... preliminarily, it seems like a poor choice.


8 posted on 02/16/2006 1:42:00 PM PST by traviskicks (http://www.neoperspectives.com/israel_palestine_conflict.htm)
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To: ncountylee

This ought to send the liberals into orbit. The ninth circuit is so slanted, they can't do anything right.


9 posted on 02/16/2006 1:42:10 PM PST by sissyjane (Don't be stuck on stupid!)
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.....They're breaking up the Ninth Circus Court of Appeals???.....

Sadly, no.

10 posted on 02/16/2006 1:42:38 PM PST by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: ncountylee

Fillibusters ahead.


11 posted on 02/16/2006 1:45:08 PM PST by Supernatural (All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie! bob dylan)
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To: ncountylee
The 9th covers 9 western states. Time for a split up.
12 posted on 02/16/2006 1:47:09 PM PST by taxcontrol
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To: traviskicks

hmmm... preliminarily, it seems like a poor choice.

Yeah, the Boxer endorsement should have been enough to convince Bush to deep 6 this nomination. Then again the 9th Circus is so leftist, that even a moderate liberal will move the court drastically to the right. But I guess we'll have to see. The decision itself about sex harrassment money didn't seem so bad to me. Afterall, we nailed Bill Clinton to the tune of nearly $1 million on that one! I just worry about what Boxer the extremist saw in this nomination that caused the obstructionist witch to support it.


13 posted on 02/16/2006 1:48:00 PM PST by MikeA (Cheney took 14 hours to notify the media. Al Gore took oil money to attack America in Saudi Arabia)
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To: Supernatural
Fillibusters ahead.

Unlikely. Neither of the two nominees is especially conservative.

14 posted on 02/16/2006 1:49:19 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: ncountylee

"supported by Sen. Barbara Boxer"

Not a good sign.


15 posted on 02/16/2006 1:49:25 PM PST by dynachrome ("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
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To: <1/1,000,000th%

It was dropped because the RATS in the Senate didn't go for it.


16 posted on 02/16/2006 1:54:45 PM PST by GeorgefromGeorgia
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To: Supernatural

Fillibusters ahead.



I doubt it if Boxer has signed on.


17 posted on 02/16/2006 1:56:01 PM PST by deport
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To: deport

I hope you are right.

But if Boxer if for it, why should we be for it?

I smell a rat.


18 posted on 02/16/2006 1:57:42 PM PST by Supernatural (All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie! bob dylan)
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To: traviskicks
hmmm... preliminarily, it seems like a poor choice.

Either that, or Boxer has made a deal behind Bush's back that guarantees that the nomination dies in committee, while she saps conservative support by publicly supporting Smith.

19 posted on 02/16/2006 1:59:36 PM PST by CFC__VRWC ("Anytime a liberal squeals in outrage, an angel gets its wings!" - gidget7)
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To: ncountylee

Do they have to move to Queertown?


20 posted on 02/16/2006 2:00:19 PM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. Slay Pinch)
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