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...Priscilla J. Orta...
...Priscilla D. Taft ’38, a doctor who lectured at Harvard Medical School despite being turned down for admission into its program as a Radcliffe undergraduate because of her gender, died Nov. 23 at Berkshire Medical Center...
Republicans will move quickly to confirm 18 judicial nominees who have already passed committee and to get the judiciary panel to act on three who have had hearings but no votes. Likely to be back: Priscilla Owen and Charles Pickering, two appellate-court nominees rejected by the Democratic-controlled committee...
...Judiciary Committee but are awaiting confirmation by the full Senate. But fierce showdowns may still erupt over the Administration's other judicial nominees--including a possible Supreme Court pick at the end of the court's term. The White House plans to resubmit the nominations of Charles Pickering and Priscilla Owen, two conservative judges blocked this year by Democrats. The incoming chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Orrin Hatch, is preparing to hold votes on three nominees whose chances the Democrats might have scuttled in the past. The only real weapon available for Senate Democrats is the filibuster, a tool...
...Priscilla J. Orta ’05 is a history concentrator in Leverett House. She is a member of the executive board of RAZA...