While Bush scrambles to push through last-minute rules, he's spent years remaking the federal judiciary in his own ideological image. All told, he has appointed 326 of the nations 875 federal judges — and at least 75 are likely to remain on the bench a generation from now. Here, the worst of Bush's lifetime appointments, and how long we're stuck with them (assuming a retirement age of 70):
Janice Rogers Brown D.C. Circuit |
Confirmed Even Though She:
Called the New Deal a "socialist revolution" and the government a
"leviathan....crushing everything in its path." With Us Until: 2019 |
Leslie Southwick Fifth Circuit |
Confirmed Even Though He:
Backed plaintiff who called coworker a "good ole nigger." Denied
custody to a mother for "choosing" to live as a lesbian. With Us Until: 2020 |
![]() J. Leon Holmes E. District, Ark. |
Confirmed Even Though
He:Argued that a wife should "place herself under
the authority" and "subordinate herself to her husband." With Us Until: 2021 |
![]() Stephen Limbaugh, Jr. E. District, Mo. |
Confirmed Even Though He:
Failed to apologize for being RUsh Limbaugh's cousin. With Us Until: 2022 |
![]() Jay Bybee Ninth Circuit |
Confirmed Even Though
He:Authorized Justice Department memo that
greenlighted the torture of detainees. With Us Until: 2023 |
![]() William Pryor 11th Circuit |
Confirmed Even Though He:
Argued that overturning sodomy bans would lead to
government-sanctioned necrophilia and bestiality. With Us Until: 2032 |
[From Issue 1068-69 — December 25, 2008]
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