Gephardt Asks Bush to Renominate Judge Ronnie White
Congressional Quarterly and C-Span are reporting today that Missouri Reps. Richard Gephardt and William Clay have written President Bush urging him to renominate Ronnie White of Missouri for a seat of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. White, an African-American, was nominated by Clinton and rejected in a party-line vote in 1999, primarily because of then-Missouri Senator John Ashcroft's opposition. Ashcroft crusaded against White because of a few of his dissents in death penalty cases. You can read about Ashcroft's sabotaging of White's nomination here.
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