WP/Bloomberg: Nominee for Appeals Court, Henry Saad, Withdraws

[DeepModem Mom]

Nominee for Appeals Court Withdraws
Bloomberg News
Friday, March 24, 2006; Page A04

Henry W. Saad, one of President Bush's appeals court nominees blocked by Senate Democrats, withdrew his name from consideration, a presidential aide said yesterday.

Democrats have accused Saad, a Michigan appeals court judge, of being hostile to employment-discrimination claims and lawsuits by consumers.

"Judge Saad asked to have his nomination withdrawn, and we intend to honor that request," Bush spokeswoman Erin Healy said.

Saad's nomination to the Cincinnati-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit was submitted to the Senate in January 2003, and he was renominated last year. His nomination was one of 10 blocked by Democrats, who used the filibuster, which allows unlimited debate, to prevent a Senate vote.

He was not included in a bipartisan agreement by 14 senators last year to avert a Senate showdown over the use of filibusters to block judicial nominees. The agreement allowed three of the 10 nominees to go to a vote....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/23/AR2006032301656.html

[gratuitous]

1. Wow, the Senate Democrats held firm

Feels good to win, doesn't it folks? You know, you can try to build a winning streak. Like, support the Feingold motion for censure?

[BR_Parkway]

2. Aren't they on recess this week? Shrub must have been too distracted

giving his "support my war" pep talks to have taken a few minutes to do his recess appointment thing.

Does that mean that the career of Judge Saad can now be counted as a victim of the war? If he's truly a Repug, then he'll probably try to claim it to the VA all the while decrying welfare and intrusion in our lives by big gov't.

[johnfunk]

3. Good riddance to bad rubbish!

Judge Saad Sack would've been a radical implementer of the Second Robber Baron Era. Noe he's Fascisto-Federalist Society roadkill.

Now, on to impeaching Alito...