Filibustering Extremists

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This paper breaks down the process of judicial nominations in the senate, analyzes the system, relates it to current affairs and draws the conclusion that filibustering judicial nominations is an important right of the senate.

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"On Thursday May 1, 2003, CNN ran a story on CNN.com concerning the re-nomination of Judge Pricilla Owen, a judge on the Texas Supreme Court, to the 5th U.S. Circuit of Appeals court in New Orleans, a significant promotion that would make her a federal judge and thus overrule any local judges. Owen's nomination, along with the nomination of a host of right-wing activist judges by the Bush Administration is causing a ruckus among Democrats, Greens and many special interest groups. Republicans' President Bush in particular, argue that judges should be appointed in a timely fashion and that there are too many vacant slots on the Federal Circuit Courts, while Democrats argue that all of the Bush Administration's nominations have been politically motivated and thus must be struck down. When closely examined it becomes obvious that the ability of Senators to filibuster the President's judicial nominations is vital to keep extremists and judicial activists from either side of the political spectrum off the federal benches."

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