Word: estrada
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Faced with a lack of pertinent information and an uncooperative administration, Senate Democrats should not take their filibuster power lightly. They are right in their efforts to block the judicial nomination of Miguel A. Estrada to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and they should use every constitutional means necessary...
...Senate should never confirm a lifetime judicial nomination without first having an idea of that person’s interpretation of the law. Estrada, a Honduras-born 1986 graduate of Harvard Law School (HLS), has never served as a judge, has not written any substantive articles or publications that demonstrate his philosophical leanings and has failed to express many of his views publicly. The Democrats have been denied access to Estrada’s legal memos, which he wrote as assistant solicitor general and offer his views on Supreme Court cases. And he has dodged even the most general questions...
Estrada’s refusal to make known his legal opinions also sets a dangerous precedent and undermines the legitimacy of the Senate’s constitutional role to advise and consent. If Estrada is confirmed, other staunch conservative candidates are likely to get through as well, helping President Bush in his efforts to pack courts with right-wing ideologues...
Born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Estrada immigrated to the US with his family as a teenager...
...Estrada graduated magna cum laude from HLS in 1986, where he edited the Harvard Law Review. From 1990 to 1992, he served as assistant U.S. attorney and Deputy Chief of the Appellate Section in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of NY. In 1992, he joined the U.S. Department of Justice as an assistant to the Solicitor General...