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[20 Jul 2004|04:34am] |
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They can seriously think this jerk deserves to be a Federal Appeals judge, can they???
FRIST TRIGGERS SENATE BATTLE TODAY OVER CONTROVERSIAL CIRCUIT
COURT NOMINEE
Apparently determined to set off one more high-visibility battle
over a controversial judicial nomination, Senate Majority Leader
Bill Frist (R-TN), set the stage for a debate today and a floor
vote tomorrow on a nominee whose extreme anti-environmental
record will be the focus of the debate.
William G. Myers III, formerly a top lobbyist for the beef and
mining industries, has been nominated by President Bush for a
seat on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Perhaps the nation's
most significant appeals court when it comes to environmental
precedents, the 9th Circuit covers nine western states which
include some 489 million acres of federal public lands.
After serving two years as the solicitor (top lawyer) for
President Bush's Interior Department, Myers stepped down amid a
departmental investigation of his allegedly giving illegal
favors to a politically connected Wyoming rancher. [1]
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[20 Jul 2004|04:55am] |
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33 REASONS TO SMILE
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