Bush's Judicial Nominees: You Can't "Make The Judiciary An Arm Of The Republican Party"

by Democracy Now

Wed, Mar 2, 2005 9:52AM

As the battle over President Bush's judicial nominees reopens in the Senate, we speak with Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. We also talk to him about restoring ties to the Indonesian military and 48 towns in Vermont that voted yesterday against war, calling for the Vermont National Guard be brought home.

The battle over President Bush's judicial nominees reopened in the Senate yesterday. For the second time in two years, appellate court nominee William Myers faced questions from the Judiciary Committee yesterday about his record as the Interior Department's top lawyer and a lobbyist for mining and cattle interests.

The impasse over judges is one of the most explosive issues facing the 109th Congress, and Myers is the year's first test case. He is one of seven appellate court nominees blocked by Democratic filibusters in Bush's first term but resubmitted by the president this year. Three other blocked nominees were withdrawn

* Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), he is the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He joins us on the line from Virginia.

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