Judge Leslie Southwick to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals

[Scipio]

The Senate has confirmed Judge Southwick to the 5th Circuit. That makes him the third Mississippian on the 5th Circuit, together with Judge Barksdale and Judge Jolly.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/24/washington/24cnd-southwick.html?hp

or

http://hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071024/NEWS01/71024011

[SueScribe]

Thank you, Scipio, for the warning. The 5th Circuit is slowly morphing into Jabba the Hut.

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The Times piece on Judge Southwick was enlightening.

"The president hailed the confirmation as `a victory for America’s judicial system and for the citizens of Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas' and said the judge is `a man of character and intelligence who will apply the law fairly.' " [emphasis added]

Yeah, well. What's left of it, I suppose.

"Roll Call said that Senators Trent Lott of Mississippi, the Republican whip, and Ben Nelson of Nebraska, a conservative Democrat, had worked for weeks rounding up wavering Democrats to support the nominee. In return, the newspaper said, Republicans will help Democrats in negotiations with the White House over spending measures."

Mr. Lott did nothing to discourage that impression. `Good-faith efforts on one side beget good-faith efforts on the other side,' he said in an interview with Roll Call." [significance assumed]

Trent is beginning to speak Biblically. Look for a change in his campaign tactics. If po' ole' Eaves is catching grief for his Temple allegories, what will the shattered Mississippi Democratic Party be left to do but complain when Trent's new slogan, Send Lott Forth To Preach The Good Political Word hits the airwaves?

"Senator Dianne Feinstein of California was a key Democratic supporter. She provided the deciding vote in the Judiciary Committee, which endorsed Judge Southwick by 10 to 9 in August. The senator called the judge "a qualified, sensitive and circumspect person" and anything but a racist."

And now, let the liberal-bashing begin. Feinstein supported the judge. HAH !!