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Fights in Senate Likely Over Blocked Choices

Friday, December 24, 2004; Page A01

President Bush announced yesterday his intention to renominate 20 people previously blocked by Senate Democrats for federal court seats, setting the stage for renewal of the bitter partisan battles over the makeup of the federal judiciary.

The president's list includes seven appeals court candidates whose nominations were stalled on the Senate floor by Democrats, who said the nominees' conservative views were out of the mainstream. The other nominations never made it to the full Senate. Buoyed by his reelection and a four-seat Republican gain in the Senate, Bush said he will submit the nominees' names when the Senate returns to work next month.

Among the most prominent names on the list are Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Richman Owen, who was previously nominated for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit; California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown, previously nominated to a seat on the D.C. Court of Appeals; and former associate White House counsel Brett M. Kavanaugh, who was also nominated to the D.C. Circuit. William J. Haynes II, who served as Pentagon general counsel when controversial detainee policies were set, will again be a nominee for the 4th Circuit.

Another is former Alabama attorney general William H. Pryor, an outspoken abortion opponent, for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta. Pryor was appointed by Bush last year to 11th Circuit while Congress was in recess; Pryor needs Senate confirmation to stay on the court.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22384-2004Dec23.html

[tuvor]

1. Dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1095232&mesg_id=1095232

[fryguy]

2. Pryor is evil and has to go....

recess appointments are a pansy-ass way of getting judges on the bench....

[TexasLawyer]

3. This is what we get

for giving Bush that HUGE mandate. But I'm glad he's still a uniter and not a divider!