CNN Says Bush Will Pick Clement For Supreme Court
from the won't-anyone-think-of-the-children
dept.
CNN has called Bush's pick for the new Supreme
Court Justice as Edith
Clement.
Clement is a judge on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals based in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was nominated to the court by President Bush in September 2001 and confirmed by the Senate two months later. She is a member of the Federalist Society, a conservative legal organization. Her tenure as a federal judge began in 1991 when President Bush's father nominated her to a seat on the U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana. She served as chief judge in that district in 2001 before moving to the 5th Circuit. Born in 1948 in Birmingham, Alabama, she graduated from the University of Alabama in 1969 and received her law degree in 1972 from Tulane University. She clerked for a federal judge in until 1975, when she entered private practice in New Orleans specializing in maritime law.
[Update 21:08]: Well, CNN was wrong. Instead, he picked Judge John Roberts Jr., a conservative whose selection pleased Republicans and prompted Democrats to vow a thorough review in the Senate (basically a filibuster).
Clement is a judge on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals based in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was nominated to the court by President Bush in September 2001 and confirmed by the Senate two months later. She is a member of the Federalist Society, a conservative legal organization. Her tenure as a federal judge began in 1991 when President Bush's father nominated her to a seat on the U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana. She served as chief judge in that district in 2001 before moving to the 5th Circuit. Born in 1948 in Birmingham, Alabama, she graduated from the University of Alabama in 1969 and received her law degree in 1972 from Tulane University. She clerked for a federal judge in until 1975, when she entered private practice in New Orleans specializing in maritime law.
[Update 21:08]: Well, CNN was wrong. Instead, he picked Judge John Roberts Jr., a conservative whose selection pleased Republicans and prompted Democrats to vow a thorough review in the Senate (basically a filibuster).
Posted: Tuesday - July 19, 2005 at 02:44 PM |
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