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Brown confirmation was a bitter pill for Democrats to swallow
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Jun 10, 2005 03:37pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Baltimore Sun |
| News Date | Friday, June 10, 2005 09:35:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Commentary by Jules Witcover in the Baltimore Sun.
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"In this week's debates over President Bush's federal court nominees, the principal Democratic rap against them has been that they are "out of the mainstream" of acceptable political thought and policy.
Particularly singled out for such an accusation was Janice Rogers Brown, just confirmed by a 56-43 vote in the Senate for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
As a California Supreme Court justice, Ms. Brown was castigated for hours by Democrats on the Senate floor as an "extreme political activist."
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada called her "the epitome of an activist judge ... not a legislator," adding "she has no right to do the things that she does."
There was irony in pinning the "political activist" tag on a conservative such as Ms. Brown. That has long been a label with which Republicans have harried their opposition party members." |
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