Most of her rulings have to do with Maritime law.
Do they allow abortions at sea?
Edith Brown Clement, 57, is a judge on the New Orleans-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
Clement was nominated by President George H.W. Bush to serve as a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in 1991 and was elevated to her current post by the current President Bush in 2001.
Clement, a graduate of the University of Alabama and Tulane University Law School, worked as a lawyer in private practice in New Orleans for 16 years before beginning her tenure on the federal bench. She specialized in civil litigation involving maritime law, representing oil companies, insurance companies and the marine services industry in cases before federal courts. She is a member of the Federalist Society, an influential conservative legal organization.
Can you point to any original research that you posted 10 days ago in which you raised serious questions about Clement?
Oh, you can't? Color me shocked.
Look, she may not be a conservative since her record is scarce (though she is a Fed Soc member), but there is no evidence she isn't one. This is all speculation. And, with the gusto that folks went after Gonzales, how the frick could you have screwed up and not bothered to research Clement when the two Ediths have been rumored for weeks? I guess I don't get how only now Clement is suddenly the "new Gonzales" to be freaked out about when 2 days ago, she was the great new conservative to replace that liberal O'Connor. Two days ago, Clement was savior. Now she is the new Souter? Make up your damn mind.
Yet I have seen nothing but "please let us have one of the two Ediths" until this thread. Nobody until now has questioned if she was conservative or not. Until this thread when it appears she may be the pick...and then the attack dogs come out.
Man, human psychology is awesome stuff. It would be helpful if people like you would raise your concerns when they might make a difference and result in substantive debate and examination instead of just cause hysteria.
This kind of crap is exactly why the SCOTUS needs to be disbanded completely. It really is causing mass hysteria. One day people are talking about a candidate as if she is the next Scalia, and then once she has a real chance of getting in there, everybody starts freaking out crying "Souter!"
Well, which is it? Good grief.