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12/23/2004 Archived Entry: "Bush to resubmit blocked judicial nominees"

Posted by steve @ 05:50 PM EST [Link]

WWII: If at first you don't succeed, try again. The White House has announced that Dubya will renominate all of those judges filibustered by Senate Democrats during the first term.

"The president nominated highly qualified individuals to the federal courts during his first term, but the Senate failed to vote on many nominations," White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said. "Unfortunately, this only exacerbates the issue of judicial vacancies, compounds the backlog of cases and delays timely justice for the American people."

Of course, Senate Democrats aren't chastened by the drubbing they took in November and have already promised new filibusters.

Read on.