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According to sources familiar with the prep sessions with Paulson, the former Wall Street executive and well-known supporter of and financial contributor to Democrats could not get in line with the Bush administration's support for ending the estate or "death" tax, and permanent extension of the capital gains tax and other tax cuts that are due to expire in the next three years.

"I just left the White House, where I presented the latest results from our Judicial Vacancy petition to a key senior Administration liaison. As of 4 p.m. today, we had gathered over 234,000 petitions, and over the course of this week, petitions were flooding in at nearly 4,000 per hour!" + + MAJOR AD RUNS FRIDAY! + + "In addition, tomorrow (Friday) in the Washington Times, we are running a full-page ad that boldly states: Mr. President: Give Us Back Our Constitution! Click here to see the ad: Give Us Back Our Constitution (Adobe Acrobat required) "I can also report...

**Exclusive** Senate Judiciary Committee member Chuck Schumer got busy plotting away on the cellphone aboard a Washington, DC-New York Amtrak -- plotting Democrat strategy for the upcoming Supreme Court battle. Schumer promised a fight over whoever the President’s nominee was: “It's not about an individual judge… It's about how it affects the overall makeup of the court.” The chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee was overheard on a long cellphone conversation with an unknown political ally, and the DRUDGE REPORT was there! Schumer proudly declared: “We are contemplating how we are going to go to war over this.” Schumer...

S P E C I A L A L E R T C E N T E R F O R R E C L A I M I N G A M E R I C A + + Your Immediate Action Requested + + 7/5/05 This Thursday, July 7, I have a confirmed appointment at the White House to discuss the current Supreme Court vacancy. At that time, I will be presenting your petition calling for the President to honor his campaign pledge and nominate a justice who will honor the Constitution. But between now and my meeting,...

Four years ago today, President George W. Bush nominated Priscilla Owen to serve on the federal court of appeals. Justice Owen is an extraordinary Texan, an exceptional jurist, and a devoted public servant. Yet, after four years, she is still waiting for an up-or-down vote in the United States Senate. What's more, a partisan minority of senators now demands — for the first time in history — that she must be supported by a supermajority of 60 senators, rather than the constitutional rule and Senate tradition of majority vote. After four years, it is long past time to restore sanity...

Posted on Thu, Apr. 21, 2005 Voinovich raises conservative ire over Bolton vote Group to run ads attacking senator for delaying vote on Bush nominee By Lisa A. Abraham Beacon Journal staff writer Ohio Sen. George Voinovich is dealing with the firestorm created when he refused to vote to confirm the appointment of John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. The conservative group Move America Forward dubbed the move ``obstructionist conduct'' and plans to launch a radio ad campaign against Voinovich today in Ohio. Marcie Ridgway, a spokeswoman for Voinovich in Washington, D.C., said the senator had no...

Dear Friend, It was almost four months ago to the day that I first told you about Miguel Estrada, one of President Bush's judicial nominations for the US Court of Appeals. A highly respected lawyer in his own right and eminently qualified for the position, a vote on his nomination has nevertheless been filibustered by Senate Democrats determined to keep him out at any cost. The reason? Estrada's conservatism scares them, plain and simple. They'll do anything to keep judges like him -- mainly, pro-life conservatives -- out of the higher courts. Most all of Bush's nominations have been stalled...

President Bush's nominee to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals admitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday that he has strong personal opinions on issues such as the right to life and freedom of religion. But University of Utah Law Professor Michael McConnell said it is his devotion to the law, not his personal opinions, that should be considered by the committee. "I can tell you with as much conviction as I have for anything," McConnell insisted, "that I will serve as a judge committed to the rule of law, not just because I have to, but because I...