WP: SC "buzz" leader Judge Edith Brown Clement, 5th Circuit, New Orleans

[DeepModem Mom]

Posted at 08:53 AM ET, 07/19/2005
Any Time Now?

The Post's Mike Allen now reports that Republican aides on Capitol Hill said as they arrived this morning that they had been told to expect an announcement as soon as today.

Hill Republicans said the leader in the buzz derby was Judge Edith Brown Clement of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, based in New Orleans, who was nominated to that court by Bush in 2001 and quickly confirmed by the Senate.

But these officials were cautious because they had been so recently taken in by rumors about the retirement of Chief Justice William Rehnquist, which he quashed with a statement last week.

Some Republicans immediately speculated that the announcement -- once expected closer to Bush's departure at the end of the month for a working vacation at his ranch in Crawford, Tex. -- had been moved up to overwhelm coverage of the role of Karl Rove, deputy chief of staff and senior adviser to the president, in the disclosure of a CIA operative's identity....

http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/campaignforthecourt/


ON EDIT:

"Clement, 57, is considered conservative but has not left much of a paper trail. Lawyers interviewed for the Almanac of the Federal Judiciary described her while a district judge as pro-government, pro-business and pro-defendant in civil cases."

WP: Five From the 5th Circuit Mentioned for High Court
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/18/AR2005071801251.html?sub=AR

[hippiechick]

1. ... another 'working vacation' in Crawford for George ?

:scared: Duck, people !!!

[MadisonProgressive]

2. You hit the nail on the head - read this!

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45203

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

3. Democratic Response...

should be, "We're fine with Clement on the Supreme Court, now let's get back to Karl Rove and the DSM."