Are Bush's Judicial Nominations Doomed?
With the newly Democratic-controlled Senate, four of President Bush's terrible judicial picks may finally get axed for good, according to Neil Lewis in Sunday's New York Times.
There is a strong consensus that the four most conservative of Mr. Bush’s nominations to the federal appeals courts are doomed. Republicans and Democrats say the four have no chance of confirmation in the next several weeks of the lame-duck Congressional session or in the final two years of Mr. Bush’s term.They are:
- William J. Haynes II, the Pentagon’s chief lawyer who was responsible for the much-criticized military interrogation policies;
- William G. Myers III, a longtime lobbyist for the mining and ranching industries and a critic of environmental regulations;
- Terrence W. Boyle, a district court judge in North Carolina; and
- Michael B. Wallace of Mississippi, a lawyer who was rated unqualified for the court by the American Bar Association.
As to Bush's options at this point:
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