Much ado about judges......

Is this what we really want?

Janice Rogers Brown, often the lone dissenter on the California Supreme Court, has a record that indicates hostility towards affirmative action, civil rights, the rights of people with disabilities, workers' rights, and criminal rights.

Pricilla Owen, also has a record that indicates hositility towards worker's comp, anti-discrimination laws

http://www.civilrights.org/issues/nominations/owen_fs.html

FILIBUSTER LIES............

Republicans repeat ad nauseum that the attempt to fillibuster the vote on judges is unprecedented. Bullshit. On March 9, 2000 14 Republican Senatorsvoted to deny Clinton judicial appointee Richard Paez, an "up or down vote".

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0305-29.htm
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=106&session=2&vote=00037

In 1968 Republicans successfully filibustered LBJ judicial appointee Abe Fortas, who was to succeed Earl Warren as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

More on the history of the Filibuster here.


TWO MORE instances of republican filibusters.....

On June 22, 1995 57 Senators voted for cloture- to end debate and proceed to a vote on the nomination of Henry W. Foster, Jr., of Tennessee, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service. 43 Senators voted to deny the vote. 60 votes were needed to proceed to a vote on Foster. 2 filibuster roll calls killed Foster's nomination.

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=104&session=1&vote=00280

On May 25, 1994, a cloture motion was denied in a 56-42 vote on the nomination of
Sam W. Brown, Jr., of California, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Head of Delegation to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE).
This nomination was also killed by threat of filibuster.

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=103&session=2&vote=00132