Word: estrada
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Kagan was included in New York Times and Washington Post lists of possible candidates for a John Kerry appointment to the next open seat. If President Bush is re-elected, the papers speculated that he might appoint Washington lawyer Miguel A. Estrada, former Solicitor General Theodore B. Olson or White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales...
...Still, Poe's candidacy spooked the business community. The last presidential election was won by another film star, Joseph Estrada, who was run out of office 21/2 years later by a People Power demonstration. Like Estrada, Poe is weak on policy and platform-he has none yet-but is beloved among the country's movie-crazy masses, particularly the poor. He lacks the dissolute reputation of Estrada, however, enjoying a happy marriage to movie queen Susan Roces. If Estrada, who lives in a police camp awaiting trial for economic plunder and perjury, is let out to campaign for Poe, some...
...Estrada was criticized by the left when he refused to answer the Senate Judiciary Committee’s questions about his position on several issues, arguing that he did not want to discuss topics he would likely face if confirmed to the bench...
Schumer praised Democrats for their “amazing courage” in carrying out the controversial filibuster of judicial nominee Miguel Estrada, who was being considered for a position on the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia...
...Harvard Republican Club spokesperson Mark T. Silvestri ’05 accused Schumer of undermining the system of checks and balances, adding that a majority of senators were prepared to confirm Estrada...