GOP Schedules Cloture Vote on Ala. AG William Pryor
People For the American Way gets it right in its description of the GOP's scheduling a second cloture vote on Alabama Attorney General William Pryor who was filibustered and prevented from obtaining a seat on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals:
"With apologies to The Who, all I can say is ‘meet the new vote – same as the old vote.’ William Pryor’s record hasn’t changed. This is a cynical exercise in politics. The Republicans don’t want a judge – they want a campaign issue to appeal to their hard-core conservative base."
On a related topic, here's new information on California Justice Janice Rogers Brown, detailing why her nomination to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals should be defeated.
Here are the phone numbers for the Senate Judiciary Committee members if you'd like to call and voice your opinion.
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