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Overall, 124 of Bush's judicial nominations have been approved, and the judiciary has its lowest vacancy rate in 13 years. But those numbers belie the intensity of the struggle over the White House selections. Senate Democrats have in recent months filibustered two nominees for appellate-court seats: Priscilla Owen, who is fiercely antiabortion, and Miguel Estrada, who has given Senators too little information about how or what he thinks. Republicans are irate and are considering trying to bar filibusters of judicial nominations...
...crowd, Bush supplied his $1.1 trillion tax cut in 2001. For those in the party who obsess over judicial nominations, this Bush has not disappointed as his father did. Bush picks nominees considered ideologically sound and understands the political value of fighting for those, like Charles Pickering and Priscilla Owen, labeled ultraconservative by Democrats. By sticking with his core supporters on the issues they care most about, Bush has given himself leeway to disappoint them on what Norquist calls "second-and third-tier issues." That's what he did last year when he signed the McCain-Feingold campaign finance-reform...
...there's no doubt that with Estrada - and possibly Owen - Democrats are sharpening their skills with that weapon. And when it's a high court seat that's at stake, they hope to be battle-ready...
...priority far more intently than did the Clinton White House. To that end, the president has put up one highly conservative nominee after another, even recycling two that the Judiciary Committee, under Democratic control last year, rejected: Mississippi's Charles Pickering, whose civil rights stances were questioned, and Priscilla Owen of Texas. Democrats are counting votes to see if they have the 41 needed to filibuster Owen, whose rulings they view as being anti-worker, anti-abortion and to the right of even her conservative colleagues on the Texas Supreme Court; Republicans may try to force the issue next week...
...might be a while before that seedier side of Angelina Jolie appears. She’s already working on two projects. Beyond Borders, a love story with Clive Owen, will come out later this year. She is also lending her voice to a star-filled animated film called Shark Slayer, slated to premiere in November...