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To: Sully- who wrote (29259)	11/19/2010 5:10:49 AM
From: Sully-	of 35834

Reid wants to force judicial votes during the lameduck By: David Freddoso Online Opinion Editor 11/17/10 5:10 PM EST The Blog of the Legal Times notes that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., wants to force cloture votes on five controversial judicial nominees: <<< John McConnell Jr., a Motley Rice partner who’s been nominated for federal district court in Rhode Island. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is opposing McConnell’s nomination, citing his work as a plaintiffs’ lawyer on lead paint litigation and other cases…. Goodwin Liu for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, Edward Chen for the Northern District of California… Louis Butler for the Western District of Wisconsin. Judge Robert Chatigny for the 2nd Circuit, is pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee. A committee vote is planned for Thursday. >>> A few highlights: Chatigny is a judicial disaster waiting to happen, and so a lame duck is probably the only way he ever gets confirmed. McConnell is a trial lawyer who made a mint with lead-paint lawsuits and poured so much money back into the Democratic Party that one cannot deny the appearance that he’s buying a judgeship. Liu is controversial for simple, ideological reasons, and I’m less familiar with the other two. Read more at the Washington Examiner: washingtonexaminer.com

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