Judicial Profiling

The Wall Street Journal ^ | Tuesday, November 27, 2001

[TroutStalker]

It's too bad Miguel Estrada never thought of doing a reverse Geraldo Rivera (formerly Rivers) and renamed himself Mike Smith. He'd probably be sitting on the federal bench right now. But Mr. Estrada, who was one of President Bush's first judicial nominations, can't even get a hearing from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy.

[denydenydeny]

Recess appointments, please.

[AZPubbie]

I'm afraid that using a recess appointment will ensure that the recess appointee will never be confirmed. However, I'd be willing to forego any chance of a lifetime appoinment for a one year stint on the court of appeals. Then after they've seen what I can do with a year, the Senate would gladly vote to confirm Estrada for life.

[Korth]

TroutStalker, if you can, please post the Wall Street Journal front page article of 11-26 about Christians who do missionary work among muslims. It was a very interesting article and I believe that many at Free Republic would enjoy reading it.

[TroutStalker]

I am having a problem posting anything right now.

[TroutStalker]

This should work:

Punch here.

[Bullish]

Leave it to the democRATS to deal the race card from the bottom of the deck.

[TroutStalker]

From Barbara Olson's book Hell To Pay, page 130:

"When President Reagan set out to appoint a board [of the Legal Services Corporation] of his own through recess appointments, Hillary masterminded a lawsuit arguing that such recess appointments were illegal (though she, herself, had been appointed in just this way).

[Korth]

TroutStalker, thank you.