Q: Should Senate Rules Be Changed to Limit Debate on Judicial.... Douglas W. Kmiec and Ralph G. Neas.
by Kmiec, Douglas W; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 36Global Issues. Publisher: Insight on the News, 2003ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): Debates and debating | Democratic Party (U.S.) | Filibusters (Political science) | Judges -- Selection and appointment | Republican Party (U.S.) | United States Congress -- Rules and practice | United States Congress SenateDDC classification: 050 Summary: "For months now more than a majority of the U.S. Senate has been prepared to confirm several highly talented men and women to seats on the federal bench. Yet Miguel Estrada, President George W. Bush's nominee to be the first Hispanic to serve on the prestigious U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and Priscilla Owen, a Texas Supreme Court justice who has been nominated to the 5th Circuit, can't be brought to a vote." (INSIGHT) This article debates whether Senate rules should be changed to limit debate on judicial nominations.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Q: Should Senate Rules Be Changed to Limit Debate on Judicial..., July 22-Aug. 4, 2003; pp. 46-49.
"For months now more than a majority of the U.S. Senate has been prepared to confirm several highly talented men and women to seats on the federal bench. Yet Miguel Estrada, President George W. Bush's nominee to be the first Hispanic to serve on the prestigious U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and Priscilla Owen, a Texas Supreme Court justice who has been nominated to the 5th Circuit, can't be brought to a vote." (INSIGHT) This article debates whether Senate rules should be changed to limit debate on judicial nominations.
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