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In some quarters, Janice Rogers Brown is getting a fair hearing. Jonathan Turley, a law professor I remember well from my days at GWU, says that Democrats should drop their filibuster over Brown and nine other nominees. In an Op-Ed in the Los Angeles Times he writes: "Janice Rogers Brown of the California Supreme Court is equally conservative — she once called the New Deal a "socialist revolution." But however inflammatory her remarks outside the courtroom, Brown's legal opinions show a willingness to vote against conservative views, particularly in criminal cases, when justice demands it." Turley's view is telling. He...

<p>WASHINGTON -- In an election-year slap at filibustering Democrats, President Bush sidestepped Congress yesterday and installed Judge Charles Pickering of Mississippi to the federal appeals court after a battle filled with racial, religious, and regional argument.</p> <p>Bush elevated Pickering by recess appointment, simply putting him in office while Congress was out of session. Such appointments, bypassing confirmation, are valid until the next Congress takes office, in this case in January 2005.</p>