Posted by Juan Non-Volokh: Owen not "Most Ideologically Extreme": http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_05_22-2005_05_28.shtml#1117048225
Today's 56-43 confirmation vote for Justice Priscilla Owen to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit provides further evidence that the oft-repeated claim that Senate Democrats only filibustered the "[1]most ideologically extreme" of President Bush's judicial nominees is false. As Howard Bashman [2]observes, two other Bush nominees -- Dennis Shedd and Jeffrey Sutton -- squeaked by on closer confirmation votes without ever being subject to a filibuster. References 1. http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_04_24-2005_04_30.shtml#1114521165 2. http://legalaffairs.org/howappealing/052505.html#003083 _______________________________________________ Volokh mailing list [email protected] http://highsorcery.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volokh
