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Miguel Estrada was nominated in May of 2001. His story has been well documented, and most if not all Freepers are very familiar with it. I will say that Estrada is a role model for the Hispanic community in that he embodies hard work and success. He has reached the top of the law profession and his treatment by the "Democratic" party has been dispicable. Earlier I posted a thread about why I thought 24/7 was a bad idea: Why Frist and all won't (didn't) go 24/7 (Vanity) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/958139/posts?page=1 I still think it would be bad for basically the same...

Dick Armey to Lead Major Anti-Tax Rally on Sept. 4 You're invited! Former Majority Leader and CSE Co-Chairman Dick Armey is coming to Birmingham, Alabama, to speak out against the largest proposed tax increase in state history! Don't miss this chance to show your support for responsible government in Montgomery. Help Dick Armey spread the word to JUST VOTE NO - and don't forget to cast your vote on Sept. 9! WHEN: Thursday - September 4, 2003 6:30 PM Featuring: Former Majority Leader and CSE Co-Chairman Dick Armey WHERE: The Birmingham Jefferson Convention Center (BJCC) 2100 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd....

<p>WASHINGTON -- After a week of weighing the pros and cons of one of President Bush's most controversial judicial nominees to the federal bench, Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter said he still hasn't made up his mind how he will vote.</p>

State legislatures across the nation are sending a strong message to their U.S. Senators by way of resolution: "Support the nomination of judicial nominee Miguel Estrada." Five states have already passed a resolution -- Georgia, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota and Washington -- and 10 others have introduced such measures. Nearly two years have passed since President Bush nominated Miguel Estrada to fill the vacancy on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The Senate has spent over 100 hours debating this nomination, but Democratic Senators continue to block it. While Republicans hold a narrow...

July 25, 2002 Politics over the law President Bush has nearly 100 federal judgeships to fill. If elected, these judges could make important decisions on tort law, abortion rights and environmental policies. Conversely, the failure to fill these judgeships could exacerbate an already overwhelmed judicial system and lower the gold standard for administering justice in this country. That makes the nomination process for federal judgeships one of the most important and fiercely contested proceedings in government today. And while Democrats profess a commitment to filling the judicial vacancies and fulfilling the rule of law, they have spent the past several...

Alabama Justice Chides Fellow Republicans Fri Aug 29, 9:06 AM ET Add U.S. National - AP to My Yahoo! By PHILLIP RAWLS, Associated Press Writer MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore and his supporters have violated Ronald Reagan (news - web sites)'s 11th commandment: Never speak ill of a fellow Republican. AP Photo Reuters Slideshow: Alabama Ten Commandments Monument In terse remarks, Moore chided the governor, state attorney general and his eight Supreme Court colleagues for publicly disagreeing with his defiance of a federal court order to move a Ten Commandments monument from the state courthouse rotunda. The...

<p>"I personally am troubled when I see the campaigns not really paying attention to this issue until very, very late in the game," said Jill June, president of Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa.</p> <p>The public education campaign, called "Stand Up for Choice," targets both presidential caucusgoers and candidates and works to heighten awareness of reproductive health-care issues.</p>

On Wednesday Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor oversaw the removal of the Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda of the state Supreme Court building. Pryor believes that the court ruling ordering the removal was incorrect. After all, the U.S. Supreme Court building itself has depictions of the Ten Commandments. The court opens its sessions with an invocation of God. And we know the other familiar elements of state-sponsored religion in America, from the chaplains in Congress to "In God We Trust" on the coinage. Despite his personal views, Pryor was unequivocal in ordering the removal. He was equally unequivocal in...

Judicial Nominations Friday, July 25, 2003 Mr. President, I think it is important, in light of Senator Hatch's remarks and some of the criticisms we have heard of his leadership in the Judiciary Committee a few days ago, that we recall a little history here on how we have handled judicial nominations in the past and why we are having problems today. The criticism of Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch is simply unfair. He has stood foursquare for fairness, for constitutionality in the process, and for good public policy as we go about confirmations. That has been his record. When...

The Catholic Test Two hudred years after the Framers renounced them, Senate Democrats have reinvented the Test Act. by Hugh Hewitt 08/05/2003 12:00:00 AM Hugh Hewitt, contributing writer THE ARCHBISHOP OF DENVER, Charles Chaput, has rebuked the Senate Democrats who have blocked the nomination of Alabama attorney general William Pryor in stark terms: "[A] new kind of religious discrimination is very welcome at the Capitol, even among elected officials who claim to be Catholic." Chaput's entire statement on the matter deserves to be read widely and quoted alongside every ringing denial of anti-Catholic bias issued by Patrick Leahy and other...

Freepers, First I apologize in advance for the vanity. I have been very active in the last several months trying to push Estrada's nomination. Pryor recently as he's from my state. On thread after thread I see people complaining at the fact that Frist/Bush won't make the Senate go 24/7. Let me explain this is probably not the best course of action to take right now. 1. The mainstream media- remember how Clinton was able to frame the govt shutdown as the Repubs fault? How easy do you think ABCBSCNNMSNBC will be able to say, right wing republicans block prescription...

Catholics Need Not Apply? The GOP crosses a line in the fight over the Pryor nomination. n Thursday the Senate will vote on a motion to end debate on the federal appeals-court nomination of William Pryor. If Republicans prevail, the Senate will then move to an up-or-down vote on Pryor's confirmation. It's far more likely, however, that Democrats will block a confirmation vote, beginning a filibuster of Pryor's nomination. Pryor will then become the third Bush appeals-court nominee, along with Miguel Estrada and Priscilla Owen, to face a Democratic filibuster. In one sense, Republicans are grateful it has come to...

<p>WASHINGTON — Senators delayed voting on Alabama Attorney General William Pryor (search)'s nomination to a federal appeals court Thursday amid questions about Pryor's fund-raising activities for a GOP attorneys general group.</p> <p>The Senate Judiciary Committee first delayed a scheduled morning vote and then put off the vote until next week. Pryor wants a seat on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (search) in Atlanta, but Democrats have complained about his strong comments against abortion and gays.</p>

Bill Pryor is the current Attorney General of Alabama. He's conservative and he's from Alabama, and in general the stereotyes about conservatives and Alabama do apply to Pryor. This guy is a conservative, just read the quotes below if you don't know much about Pryor. Anyways, his nominatin is in danger by the libs and by the RINOs. The judiciary comm vote was supposed to be last Thursay, but it was delayed, presumably because RINO Specter of Pennsylvania (Go Toomey!) needed more time to consider this nomination. The vote will now take place next week. Specter needs to be Freeped...

Dear Senator Graham: I could not disagree with you more about Miguel Estrada. I think he is eminently qualified. I am disturbed that you don't trust the American people. What I mean by that is that America has elected a Senate and the majority of that body approves Miguel Estrada. Yet, you insist on blocking this man, thereby forcing your minority views on the majority of the country. I have taken your statement on Estrada and edited it to show my disgust at your position on Estrada. I doubt this letter will ever reach your hands, but I hope that...

<p>Following is a transcribed excerpt from Fox News Sunday on June 1, 2003.</p> <p>TONY SNOW, FOX NEWS: The Senate later confirmed Judge Roberts, but two of President Bush's most well-known nominees still face filibusters, and more may face the same fate.</p>

Janet Parshall has a free way to fax your US Senators to support Estrada: http://www.salememail.com/specialoffers/faxtosenate/ Republicans continue to try everything in their power to break the Democrat filibuster in the senate, which still keeps Miguel Estrada's nomination to the D.C. Court of Appeals in limbo. Republicans have tried 17 times to bring the confirmation up for a vote but have been blocked by Democrats each time. Tom Daschle and other senate Democrats have vowed to continue their unprecedented blocking tactics regarding Mr. Estrada -- a strategy that, if successful now, will be employed against all of President Bush's "conservative" judicial...

<p>If Chief Justice William Rehnquist retires from the U.S. Supreme Court soon, as is rumored, he will be missed.</p> <p>At age 78, however, Rehnquist isn't getting any younger. Sandra Day O'Connor also is rumored to be ready to retire -- and a vacancy or two would give President Bush an opportunity to leave a legacy.</p>

Dear President Bush, With the Surpeme Court session getting ready to close, it may well be time for perhaps the most important domestic decision of your presidency: the appointment of a Supreme Court Justice(s). The main reason why I supported you in 2000 and why I wanted Daschle out of power in 02 (and 04) has to do with the courts. I want America courts to interpret law, not write law. During your presidential campaign you said Thomas and Scalia were your two model justices. Those are excellent models. The High Court needs more like them. Clarence Thomas recently said...

Bush is fighting for this nominee... Without Bush standing up for Estrada and Owen, the Democrats will continue to get away with their obstruction. W has to be the front man on these judicial fights and he will get slaughtered in the mainstream press for these decisions. We need to let him now in clear terms that we strongly support his decision to put conservatives on the court, and we support Miguel Estrada... White House COMMENTS: 202-456-1111 SWITCHBOARD: 202-456-1414 FAX: 202-456-2461 Email the President: President George W. Bush: president@whitehouse.gov Email the Vice President: Vice President Richard Cheney: vice.president@whitehouse.gov "We will...