Republicans think this is last means to get judge to serve on 5th Circuit Court WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Trent Lott had been the lone vote against confirming a federal appeals court nominee because he disagreed with how former President Clinton gave the man a temporary appointment to the bench while Congress was out of town on recess. Now there's talk of pressing the White House to give Charles Pickering a so-called "recess appointment" to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, and Lott has changed his way of thinking. "It's not something I'm generally supportive of," he told a Capitol...