Senate Backs Disputed Judicial Nomination
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Leslie H. Southwick won confirmation to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit over the objections of civil rights organizations and many Democrats.
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The Supreme Court's controversial member jockeys for Chief Justice
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A judge has accepted two of three drafts of a ballot initiative summary that would change how U.S. Senate vacancies are filled in Alaska, supporters of the measure said Saturday
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President Bush&#39;s move to renominate 20 judicial candidates whose confirmations have been blocked by Senate Democrats sets the stage for a bitter procedural battle that
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The Senate on Wednesday voted against considering a measure to restore to Guantanamo detainees the right to challenge their detention in the U.S. courts.
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The Senate voted 60 to 36 yesterday to confirm Alberto R. Gonzales as attorney general, but only a handful of Democrats backed him after days of often strident debate over his role in setting controversial interrogation policies for detainees.
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Fidelity Investments hasn&#39;t given up its opposition to a rule that requires the boards of mutual funds to have an independent chair, and the senior US senator from New Hampshire is backing that effort.
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President Bush on Monday sent the Senate 20 judicial nominees, including several who were blocked in his first term, signaling a new fight with Democrats.
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The United States Supreme Court overturned a ruling that had found the system for choosing nominees unconstitutional.
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Sen. Arlen Specter gained ground Tuesday toward winning the chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which was thrown into doubt after he said judges who oppose abortion rights would face confirmation problems.
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Security in America's courtrooms  would be bolstered in response to attacks on judges in recent  years under a measure approved on Wednesday by the U.S. Senate.
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The American Bar Association gave President Bush's choice for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia the lowest possible passing grade for judicial nominees, and sources said a Republican Senate chairman was expected to schedule a hearing next week on his nomination.
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Sen. Sam Brownback, who wants to champion social conservatives in the presidential race, said Tuesday he wants a Senate panel to re-question a judicial nominee who attended a same-sex union ceremony.
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Senate Democrats signaled on Wednesday that they might oppose President Bush's nominee to the Federal Election Commission over his views on voting rights and criticism that he politicized his office at the Justice Department.
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A divided Senate Judiciary Committee  on Wednesday approved Alberto Gonzales as U.S. attorney  general, rejecting Democratic complaints about his role in  formulating administration policies blamed for contributing to  the torture of detainees.
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President George W. Bush's nomination of Michael Mukasey to be the next U.S. attorney general appeared virtually assured on Friday when two key Democrats declared their support, despite concerns by others about the retired judge's view of torture.
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President Bush said on Thursday he  would renominate a group of controversial judicial nominees who  were blocked by Senate Democrats, signaling the start of a  second-term battle over the make-up of the nation's top courts.