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Senate Confirms Another Bush Judicial Nominee By DAVID STOUT WASHINGTON, June 8 - Justice Janice Rogers Brown was confirmed by the Senate today for a seat on the federal appeals court that is widely considered second in importance only to the United States Supreme Court. Justice Brown, who has been a member of the Supreme Court of California for nearly a decade, won approval for a place on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit after a wait of nearly two years. The vote was 56 to 43, with all 55 Republicans and one Democrat, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, voting in favor. To the end, the debate on her fitness followed the themes that have attended it since President Bush nominated her in 2003. Republicans extolled her up-from-the-bootstraps personal story as the embodiment of the American dream and said she has every personal and intellectual quality to be a fine judge. "I believe she'll make an outstanding jurist," said Senator John W. Warner, Republican of Virginia. Mr. Warner reminded his colleagues that, as a young lawyer, he was a clerk for Judge E. Barrett Prettyman, who served on the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for 26 years. Justice Brown's "outstanding qualifications" justify her elevation to that court, Mr. Warner said. But Democrats maintained that Justice Brown's judicial views are so far right that, if carried out, they would undo many social programs that go back to the New Deal era. Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York said her most severe critics are "not the liberal elitists but the thinking conservatives." Justice Brown is the daughter of an Alabama sharecropper and the first black woman to serve on California's highest court. Her elevation to the District of Columbia Circuit Court was virtually assured on Tuesday, when the Senate voted, 65 to 32, to end the filibuster on her nomination and vote on her confirmation. (The 65 "yes" votes were five more than needed to shut off the debate.) Senate Democrats and Republicans reached an accord last month under which the Democrats are allowing votes on several of President Bush's most controversial judicial nominees, including Justice Brown, and Republicans are backing away from threats to change Senate rules to eliminate filibusters on court nominations. The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit often handles cases involving the federal government, and it is considered a likely springboard to the Supreme Court. Three current Supreme Court justices, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, served on the District of Columbia Circuit. Shortly after confirming Justice Brown, the Senate voted, 67 to 32, to end debate on another nominee, William H. Pryor Jr., for a seat on the Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, which covers Alabama, Florida and Georgia. Judge Pryor has been serving on the court by a temporary appointment by President Bush, and today's vote means he is all but assured of confirmation for a lifetime seat, probably on Thursday. Copyright 2005 The New York Times Company Home Privacy Policy Search Corrections XML Help Contact Us Work for Us Back to Top