Controversial Nominee Owen Confirmed by Senate
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
- Organization: civilrights.org
- Link: http://www.civilrights.org
The Senate today confirmed (56 to 43) controversial judicial nominee Priscilla Owen to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Owen had been previously rejected by the Senate, but was later renominated by the Bush administration. A last minute bipartisan deal rejecting the so-called "nuclear option" earlier in the week moved her nomination one step further toward confirmation.
Many civil rights groups, including the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), had opposed Owen's confirmation because of her "activist and extreme views on important civil rights, worker's rights, consumer's rights, and women's rights issues."
Owen had been previously rejected by the Senate, but was later renominated by the Bush administration. A last minute bipartisan deal rejecting the so-called "nuclear option" earlier in the week moved her nomination one step further toward confirmation.
Many civil rights groups, including the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), had opposed Owen's confirmation because of her "activist and extreme views on important civil rights, worker's rights, consumer's rights, and women's rights issues."
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