[chnsmok]

JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer Wednesday, February 12, 2003

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(02-12) 19:28 PST WASHINGTON (AP) --

Bush said the Democratic plan to block his nominee, who would be the first Hispanic judge on the appeals courts, was "shameful politics." Senate GOP leader Bill Frist warned Democrats that he might force them to stay in the Senate chamber at night and on weekends until he gets a final vote on Estrada.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/02/12/national1726EST0770.DTL

[TLBSHOW]

That was the one I have been searching for for hours LOL

oh and now Frist says the rats are not racist for doing this filibuster. Holding my head in disbelief.

here is who we are up against


From: Peter Schurman, MoveOn.org
Subject: Court packing -- demand a filibuster
Date: February 3, 2003

Dear MoveOn member,

As we mourn Columbia, and as the drumbeat for war intensifies, we
face another crucial challenge -- this week is the key to whether
the Bush administration will succeed in packing our courts with
right-wing ideologues. We need your help.

Our best hope is to demand that Democrats dig in and filibuster
extremist nominations. The first test vote will be on Miguel
Estrada, a stealth right-wing extremist who has never served as
a judge, and who has taken pains to hide his views on the law
from the public. Yet Estrada has been nominated to the second-most
powerful court in the country, and is widely thought to be Bush's
top choice for a seat on the Supreme Court.

snip:

Here's a list of organizations opposing the Estrada nomination:

ADA Watch/National Coalition for Disability Rights
AFL-CIO
Alliance for Justice
American Association of University Women
Americans for Democratic Action
Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Congressional Black Caucus
Earthjustice
Feminist Majority
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Moveon.org
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
NARAL Pro-Choice America
National Council of Jewish Women
National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association
National Fair Housing Alliance
National Organization for Women
National Partnership for Women and Families
National Women's Law Center
People For the American Way
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund
Sierra Club
Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project
United Auto Workers
Working Assets

http://www.moveon.org/news/1011.html

[Howlin]

TLBSHOW said Frist PROMISED 24/7 and weekends.

Nice try though.

[TLBSHOW]

some more from that story.....

Bush said the Democratic plan to block his nominee, who would be the first Hispanic judge on the appeals courts, was "shameful politics." Senate GOP leader Bill Frist warned Democrats that he might force them to stay in the Senate chamber at night and on weekends until he gets a final vote on Estrada.

"I think it is important for America to understand that your side of the aisle is — whether or not you use the word filibuster or not — is obstructing or stalling a process that is important to our judicial system," said Frist, R-Tenn.