Posted on 05/24/2005 6:55:47 AM PDT by AliVeritas
FReepers be prepared for surprises today.
(Excerpt) Read more at c-span.org ...
Right you are, my bad. Thanks for correcting. I guess I have appointed him to JJ Jeffords seat.
A month later another package of 3 arrived, and I went to the moon thinking that anyone would even THINK I'd read such trash. My husband was having difficulty suppressing his laughter by this time. Then he confessed.......for a joke he had signed me up w/that book club just to see how I would react. Needless to say, my membership was promptly cancelled.
I think if she were elected President and her face was on on a nearly daily basis, my T.V. would commit suicide on it's own.
3 Appelate judges who stay appelate judges may not tip the power but the appelate bench is where they choose SC justices from...if the Democrats approve the vote on these 3 for this court then they can hardly vote against one of them if a spot opens on the SCOTUS...I can see GW moving Brown up to the Supreme Court when Thomas or Scalia take over Rehnquist's spot...I love it when a plan comes together.
William Pryor of Alabama, former Attorney General of AL and currently serving a recess appt. made by the President when Pryor fell victim to the filibuster. Remember Bush offered recess appts. to others, but only Pickering and Pryor were in circumstances where it made sense to accept. No way would Owen or Brown or Estrada give up what they have now for a 1 yr recess appt.
We won't have to spend good money on therapy. :-)
I don't think I meant to!! But Prove it! I think we are all very emotional!
what "others" are you referring to? I want to get Owen, Rogers-Brown, and Pryor confirmed first.
I flipped back to my game and that picture was still staring at me. I gladly took the time deduction (no pause on Jewel Quest) to move the game in front of her face.
What do you mean Santorum?? Are you sure?? I am sickened by these weasels. All they have is each other now so enjoy your small party traitors, and may you sleep well together because you have betrayed the ones who got you where you are today.
TRAITORS AND LIARS!!!!
He didn't say if any dem calls for a filibuster, just those seven, which means that Schumer, Reid, Kennedy, Clinton, Kerry, any of them can call for a filibuster and it wouldn't trigger an abuse, according to Graham....
But a filibuster can be ended by calling for cloture (what happened today on Owen) and in the event another dem calls a filibuster, these 7 have agreed to vote for cloture, unless they then invoke the "extraordinary circumstance" bs, in which case we get to see if the Republican signers say they're not acting in good faith.
Sidenote: I will not watch CSPAN2 play HRC so will rely on the thread to alert me when I should turn the channel back to the Senate.
Foreign policy speech from Hillary?
Capitulation is capitulation! I rember Ronald Reagan and Newt Gingrich and the eight loooooooog Years of Bill Clinton! What's the flipping point?
I for one will be listening carefully.
Shudder...
Of 12 nominees to Circuit Courts of Appeal, only William Myers (Exec Cal #37, Mar 17), Thomas Griffith (Exec Cal #66, Apr 14), Priscilla Owen (Exec Cal #71, Apr 21) and Janice Brown (Exec Cal #72, Apr 21) have been voted out of committee. The rest are pending in committee.
William Pryor was voted out of committee on May 12.
Those the White House said will be renominated, the respective courts and the dates on which they were first nominated are:For the Court of Appeals:
- Terrence W. Boyle (4th Circuit; May 9, 2001)
- *Priscilla Richman Owen (5th Circuit; May 9, 2001)
- *David W. McKeague (6th Circuit; Nov. 8, 2001)
- Susan Bieke Neilson (6th Circuit; Nov. 8, 2001)
- *Henry W. Saad (6th Circuit; Nov. 8, 2001)
- *Richard A. Griffin (6th Circuit; June 26, 2002)
- *William H. Pryor (11th Circuit; April 9, 2003)
- *William Gerry Myers III (9th Circuit; May 15, 2003)
- *Janice Rogers Brown (D.C. Circuit; July 25, 2003)
- Brett M. Kavanaugh (D.C. Circuit; July 25, 2003)
- William James Haynes II (4th Circuit; Sept. 29, 2003)
- Thomas B. Griffith (D.C. Circuit; May 10, 2004)
For District Courts:
- James C. Dever III (Eastern District, N.C.; May 22, 2002)
- Thomas L. Ludington (Eastern District, Mich.; Sept. 12, 2002)
- Robert J. Conrad (Western District, N.C.; April 28, 2003)
- Daniel P. Ryan (Eastern District, Mich.; April 28, 2003)
- Peter G. Sheridan (N.J.; Nov. 5, 2003)
- Paul A. Crotty (Southern District, N.Y.; Sept. 7, 2004)
- Sean F. Cox (Eastern District, Mich.; Sept. 10, 2004)
- J. Michael Seabright (Hawaii, Sept. 15, 2004)
The current status of the nominees was obtained at ...
http://www.independentjudiciary.com/nominees/ and
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/executive_calendar/xcalv.pdf
Brown would be an ideal nominee for the USSC but probably not until later in Bush's term if another vacancy arises.
My guess is that Rehnquist will retire, and Bush will nominate Scalia for chief justice, and backfill the Scalia vacancy with a confirmable moderate-conservative. Atty General Gonzales is a good bet; he would enjoy strong Hispanic support.
A later USSC vacancy to Rogers Brown. What are the RATS gonna do, filibuster a black female for a USSC appointment heading into a presidential election year? I think not.
Now that is funny. You must have a great husband with a boundless sense of humor.
Count yourself blessed.
Hey, we've been through a lot these last 5 days, so I hope I haven't upset you---
I just saw Santorum at the microphone talking about how proud he was of the 7 Weasels and what a good deal it was---
now, IMHO, that makes him one of them....But, if that makes you mad at ME, let's talk about it, okay?
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