Word: estradaã
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Dates: during 2003-2003
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...Estrada??s controversial nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia—which is considered second in prestige only to the U.S. Supreme Court—developed into a two-year partisan showdown over the federal confirmation process...
...face of the Democratic victory, Republicans decried Estrada??s failed confirmation, comparing it to the 1987 defeat of Judge Robert Bork’s nomination to the Supreme Court...
Because of a scant written record of Estrada??s political views, Senate Democrats demanded access to internal memos Estrada wrote during his tenure in the U.S. Solicitor General’s office...
Republicans countered by arguing that a nominee’s ideology should not matter. Instead Senate Republicans cited Estrada??s superb qualifications and wide bipartisan support, insinuating that Democrats held his Hispanic heritage against...
...implication that anyone has blocked this because of Mr. Estrada??s background is cheap and low. The Republicans can’t win the argument on the merits so they resort to below-the-belt tactics,” he told the New York Times...