Saturday, January 17, 2004

Again Bush acts with complete DISREGARD of the constitution. We do not need or want a dictator....

Bush Seats Judge, Bypassing Senate DemocratsBy NEIL A. LEWIS

Published: January 17, 2004 - New York Times

"WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 — President Bush on Friday used the Congressional recess to install Charles W. Pickering Sr. in a federal appeals court seat from which he had been blocked twice by the Senate because of Democratic opposition.

In using a president's power to make appointments during Congressional recesses to fill vacancies, Mr. Bush was able to skirt the Senate confirmation process, which Democrats have used for three years to block not only the Pickering nomination but also those of several other Bush judicial nominees."

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