Bush Resubmits Rejected Extemist Judges
This didn't take long. President Bush has resubmitted 20 rejected extremists for federal judgeships. Among them: Alabama Attorney General William Pryor; Priscilla Owen; Richard Allen Griffin, David W. McKeague; Henry Saad; Janice Rogers Brown and William G. Myers III.
Opponents say many of the stalled nominees opposed abortion rights, preservation of the environment and civil rights safeguards. ``It's a slap in the face of the Senate and a show of contempt for many of the issues Americans care about the most,'' said Nan Aron, director of the Alliance for Justice, which opposes a number of Bush's nominees.
Then there is William Haynes, who as General Counsel for the Department of Defense, submitted the infamous "torture memo" to Rumsfeld.
Charges that the Democrats are being obstuctionists are ill-founded. More than 200 of Bush's appointees were approved in his first term. The Dems have strategically chosen the worst of the worst to oppose. Even Harry Reid is on board so far to oppose these nominations:
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