Posted on 01/13/2007 12:59:21 PM PST by doug from upland
Jersey judge up for circuit court post Hillman is expected to be Bush's nominee Tuesday, January 09, 2007 BY ROBERT COHEN STAR-LEDGER WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON -- President Bush is expected to nominate Noel Hillman, a longtime prosecutor and a newly appointed federal judge in New Jersey, to an opening on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Reliable political sources said Hillman is currently undergoing a background investigation needed before he can be formally nominated to fill the federal appeals court seat vacated a year ago by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. "It's pretty close. It's what the White House wants to do," said one knowledgeable source who asked not to be identified.
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I'm cleaning my computer know.
I started back when he let al Sadr off the hook.
*blink*
Actually quite a lot of doubt here lately.
Harriet Miers was the key moment for me.
Not everyone in New Jersey is a meat puppet for criminals.
Another reason why I feel betrayed by GW!
Okay....this is disgusting...WHO gave Pres. Bush the push to nominate this guy???
From what I have read..he is really good at starting invesigations...he just doesn't follow through.
Look at his record...it is pitiful.
Now, Harriet Miers didn't even get a confirmation hearing because of the hue and cry of everyone (even though I wasn't happy about the hysteria her nomination got)...let's git er done agin!!!
ROFLOL :)
How many other less than stellar candidates have slipped by?
Miers to Bush: We need to nominate someone for this seat.
Bush to Miers: Who should we nominate?
Miers to Bush: It depends, do we want someone who will sail through, or someone who will be a fight?
Bush to Miers: Someone who will sail through, call up Lautenberg and Menendez and make sure it is someone they are ok with.
Miers to Bush: Will do.
Bush picks Abramoff prosecutor for federal judgeship
Democrats wonder about the timing of president's move
Philip Shenon, Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times
Friday, January 27, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/yexb9h
Here's what he was doing before '92.
I think it is worse than that. I am beyond disappointed. I don't think Fred Fielding has started work yet, so is this Harriet Meirs? This guy is dishonest. Just what we want in a judge???
How very metrosexual...
I'll say it's the guy at the end of the second row, bending over to the side.
I don't know....the timing of this nomination and Miers' retirement doesn't give me any clue about who is to blame.
If this is a Miers recommendation, I would think that Fielding would go over all vacancies, and all potential nominees with either her or even Pres. Bush before they would put them to the Senate....I would think.
You notice that several of Bush's older nominees withdrew their names...supposedly because they didn't want to wait, and probably new with a Dem senate they didn't have a chance anyway.
But that happened around the time that we heard about Miers also...
I wonder if we should contact Bush, Fielding, SPECTER (ugh)??? Sessions, Cornyn and Kyl were on the Judiciary committee last session...if they still are, maybe we should contact them, and tell them NOT to vote him out of committee..
But, then that would make the Dems WANT him more...unless Hillary has already put out the word to get it done...
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