Tuesday, June 07, 2005

"Overcome What?" She Asked

As she heads towards a sure confirmation on the U.S. Appeals Court now that her filibuster has ended, let’s keep in mind the following about Janice Rogers Brown (from saveourcourts.civilrights.org):

A review of California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown's record to date raises serious questions and grave concerns about her persistent and disturbing hostility to affirmative action, civil rights, the rights of people with disabilities, workers' rights, and criminal rights. In addition, Brown has often been the lone justice to dissent on the California Supreme Court, illustrating that her judicial philosophy is outside the mainstream. Not only does she show an inability to dispassionately review cases, her opinions are based on extremist ideology that ignores judicial precedent, including that set by the U.S. Supreme Court.
And with her getting sent for this type of appointment, I’m supposed to actually be happy about the filibuster deal?

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