[mellow velo]

Per her Wiki Page: On August 1, 2002, Collyer was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

So, yeah, probably not a conservative judge.

Also interesting: In 2013, Collyer was appointed by the Chief Justice of the United States to a seven-year term on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

[kiryandil]

Voice vote in November 2002 - the Senate was pretty much 50-50 at that point.