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To: Sully- who wrote (24698)	1/16/2004 3:33:20 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 793719

Bush Gives Recess Appointment to Pickering Friday, January 16, 2004 WASHINGTON — President Bush installed Charles Pickering (search) on a federal appeals court Friday, bypassing Democrats who had stalled his nomination for more than two years, sources said. Bush appointed Pickering by a recess appointment (search) which avoids the confirmation process (search). Such appointments are valid until the next Congress takes office, in this case in January 2005. Pickering, a federal trial judge who Bush nominated for a seat on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (search) in New Orleans, has been waiting for a confirmation vote in the Senate. Democrats have accused him of supporting segregation as a young man, and pushing anti-abortion and anti-voting rights views as a state lawmaker. They also have said they wouldn't be able to trust Pickering to keep his conservative opinions out of his work on the federal appeals court. foxnews.com