Cornyn gets seat on judiciary panel Texas senator had campaigned for more conservative judges 01/07/2003 By TODD J. GILLMAN / The Dallas Morning News During the fall Senate campaign, John Cornyn vowed to fight for more conservative federal judges. On Monday, GOP leaders granted the former attorney general and Texas Supreme Court justice his wish for a seat on the Senate Judiciary Committee. One of the first orders of business may be to reconsider his former colleague, Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen, to a federal appeals bench - a nomination the committee shot down when Democrats controlled the...