Why should NCIL stay vigilant on judicial nominations?
One can start by looking at Bush II s legacy. Besides the complete bankrupting and devolvement of our federal government, the legacy will tout a dramatic shift on the federal bench. Bush has secured Senate confirmation of nearly 300 judges to the federal courts, including 57 circuit court judges and two Supreme Court justices. Many of these nominees were vigorously opposed by civil rights groups but, with few exceptions, opposition in the Senate was not successful during the first six years of the Bush presidency. Additionally, the Senate has been under new leadership for an entire year. Yet not one judicial nominee has been defeated or filibustered. Instead, the new Senate has confirmed 40 nominees, which, as the Los Angeles Times recently noted, is more than in the previous three years when Republicans held the majority. Six of the 40 were circuit court nominees, including Leslie Southwick, who had joined a ruling that equated using the N-word in the workplace to calling someone teac
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