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Bush Installs Pickering on Appeals Court via Recess Appointment
2004-01-16
President Bush installed Charles Pickering on a federal appeals court Friday, bypassing Democrats who had stalled his nomination for more than two years. Bush appointed Pickering by a recess appointment which avoids the confirmation process. Such appointments are valid until the next Congress takes office, in this case in January 2005.
When he expects to have more Publicans in office to approve him permanently...
Pickering, a federal trial judge who Bush nominated for a seat on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, has been waiting for a confirmation vote in the Senate. Democrats have accused him of supporting segregation as a young man, and pushing anti-abortion and anti-voting rights views as a state lawmaker. They also have said they wouldn’t be able to trust Pickering to keep his conservative opinions out of his work on the federal appeals court.
This is the kind of move to counter the filibustering of the Dems and to turn around a Judiciary dominated by Libs like our own 9th circuit court of Fools
Posted by:Frank G

#10  GWB should've waited a little longer to do this, like say, August. That way, the foot-stomping would last until close to November and it would still be fresh on the voters' minds....
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-1-16 11:51:55 PM  

#9  And speaking of Teddy Kennedy, is there any way to persuade him to drive that bus around Iowa carrying Dean and Martin Sheen?

LOL! Vote the SCUBA ticket.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-1-16 8:00:56 PM  

#8  Kennedy needs to take a bus to Bermuda. There is no more worthless man in the US Senate. Robberbarront Byrd is just a spendthrift. Tom Daschle has about as much integrity as Brittney Spears, and the other loon, can't remember his name, makes Hillary look good.

That said, there are a few Republicans that could stand a trip or two to the sheep dip, as well.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2004-1-16 6:13:10 PM  

#7  This IS a big deal for GW to take the recess appointment route. As Sherman made Georgia "howl", this is going to do the same to the Dems. And speaking of Teddy Kennedy, is there any way to persuade him to drive that bus around Iowa carrying Dean and Martin Sheen?
Posted by: Sgt.DT   2004-1-16 5:54:40 PM  

#6  I would like to see the following recess appointments:

Robert C. Bork
Kenneth Starr

You might even see people spontaneous combust over at DU. ;)
Posted by: eLarson   2004-1-16 5:13:35 PM  

#5  4thInfVet---You beat me to it. GW needs to take care of alot more judges during the recess. And he needs to publicly tell why he is doing it. More senate seats need to be won, but that will only be done on presenting candidates with sound values and principles, and NOT on pandering to groups. My boiler pressure is still up on this illegals thing. But that is another topic and is not part of this one.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-1-16 4:18:05 PM  

#4  Now it's time to win some senate seats, make it a moot point.
Posted by: 4thInfVet   2004-1-16 3:52:59 PM  

#3  Bravo! You are right about the liberals having their panties in a wad. As for those metrosexual liberals, (fashion pics on previous post) I can only wonder what type of panties they have wadded. And Kennedy won't just be having a cow..he'll be having a mad cow.

ok.ok..sorry..couldn't help myself.
Posted by: B   2004-1-16 3:44:30 PM  

#2  As a football fan, I can appreciate a well-executed end run...
Posted by: Raj   2004-1-16 3:39:58 PM  

#1  More I say! The folks over in DU have their panties inm a wad now! I say he should make all of the filibustered Judges recess appointments. That will send ther Dems over the edge and into the abyss. I bet Daschele D-SD will be 'Saddened' this afternoon and Kennedy Lush-MA will have a cow. That's two more open seats! GO GEORGE GO!
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2004-1-16 3:37:04 PM  

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