Clinton's picks - not so liberal; more judges are minorities, women, but Ike'd like them
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Moderation and lack of ideology have characterized Pres Bill Clinton's selection of federal judges. Clinton has been, however, eager to add to the diversity of the federal bench, leading all other presidents in his appointment of minorities and women. Some on the left have criticized the president for his willingness to withdraw controversial nominations. R. Samuel Paz, California Judge Judith McConnell, and Peter Edelman, the husband of Friend of Hillary Marian Wright Edelman, have been among the people he has withdrawn.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1996
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Spiking judges for rulings; GOP leaders threaten to impeach, filter nominees and clip courts' latitude
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Republicans of the party's right wing are concerned about alleged judicial activism. They have created the Project on the Judiciary to investigate the philosophy of nominees to the federal courts and Rep Howard Coble's subcommittee is considering a bill to limit judicial authority. Hearings on judicial activism took place on May 14-15, 1997, in the US House and on June 11 in the Senate. There is even talk of trying to impeach some federal judges, with Thelton E. Henderson and John T. Nixon mentioned as examples.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1997
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Mr. Ginsburg's campaign for nominee; well-connected tax bar colleagues went to bat for old friends
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Martin D. Ginsburg, professor of tax law, and a number of his colleagues lobbied hard for the selection of Ginsburg's wife, appellate court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg to fill the vacancy created by Justice Byron White's retirement on the US Supreme Court. Ginsburg has changed traditional marital roles with his willingness to relocate for his wife's career and his assumption of cooking duties in the family. The Ginsburgs' daughter is a professor of copyright law and their son is in law school.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1993
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