Estrada filibuster support Ebbs

[LovetoGiveRoses]

What do you think about the filibuster to prevent the Miguel Estrada, formally of Honduras, from becoming an appellate judge?

From the Washington Times today:

Filibuster support ebbs on Estrada
By Amy Fagan
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

More Democrats are breaking ranks and opposing a filibuster of federal appeals court nominee Miguel Estrada's confirmation, even as one Democrat says his party's opposition is driven by liberal special interest groups. Top Stories

Sen. Bill Nelson, Florida Democrat, said yesterday that he will vote for Mr. Estrada.

"Based on my conversation with him, and those who know him well, I believe he respects — and will honor — his moral and legal obligation to uphold the law impartially," he said.

Mr. Nelson joins Democratic Sens. John B. Breaux of Louisiana, Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Zell Miller of Georgia, who already have said they will support Mr. Estrada and vote with Republicans if they try to invoke cloture, a procedural move that requires 60 votes to limit debate and force a final vote.

Mr. Miller said his party's opposition to Mr. Estrada is "all political" and can be attributed to pressure from outside interest groups.

"The groups run everything around here," the conservative Democrat said Monday.

 

[LovetoGiveRoses]

No comments? Too bad. I guess I'll go back to work.

 

[busybody..]

Can you imagine the Republicans fillibustering a Hispanic democrat?

The howls of RACISM would be HYSTERICAL.

BTW, the Democrats are now starting on a Judge Cook lynching, she is Black.

All politics, I guess......

Bombs in this order:

Iraq

France, Germany

Democrats

 

[RobDownSouth]

Can you imagine the Republicans fillibustering a Hispanic democrat?

The howls of RACISM would be HYSTERICAL...

Bullshit. In the past 5 years, Republicans have filibustered the following Hispanic Democratic nominations:

Jorge Rangel
Enrique Moreno
Christine Arguello

Did you hear ANYTHING from the press about this? Nope.

Now then, a partial list of organizations opposed to Estrada's nomination:

Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF),
United Farm Workers of America
United States Hispanic Leadership Institute
Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
La Raza Lawyers Association of California
Farm Labor Organizing Committee
William C. Velasquez Institute
Coalition of Immokalee Workers
PCUN (Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste/ Northwest Treeplanters and Farmworkers United)
National Farm Worker Ministry
The Farmworker Association of Florida
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)


Personally, I am opposed to his confirmation to the federal bench because he has never been a judge before at any level, and now the Bush administration wants to give him a slot one step below the Supreme Court. As far as I can tell, his main claim to fame was helping stop the Florida recount in 2000.

Face it, he's a Republican Affirmative Action candidate.

 

[LovetoGiveRoses]

Personally, I am opposed to his confirmation to the federal bench because he has never been a judge before at any level, and now the Bush administration wants to give him a slot one step below the Supreme Court. As far as I can tell, his main claim to fame was helping stop the Florida recount in 2000.

Face it, he's a Republican Affirmative Action candidate.

He also has a lot of hispanic groups supporting him. He's been given the highest ranking by the ABA. Where is he not qualified? He seems very qualified to me.

 

[Monazwx]

So this isn't an Erik Estrada thread?

 

[LovetoGiveRoses]

So this isn't an Erik Estrada thread?

LOL...no, but this one's somewhat of a celebrity too.

 

[Killswitch]

Guilty as charged!

 

[Monazwx]

This Estrada was the Honduran who migrated at 17 and went to Harvard right? If so, I've heard good this about him. He's bound to go far if all goes well.

 

[LovetoGiveRoses]

This Estrada was the Honduran who migrated at 17 and went to Harvard right? If so, I've heard good this about him. He's bound to go far if all goes well.

Yes, he graduated at or near the top of his Harvard Law School class too. He must be very smart.

 

[LovetoGiveRoses]

Do you think he looks a little like Erik Estrada?

 

[LovetoGiveRoses]

Shorter hair for certain. A few years older too. But not so different.

 

[RobDownSouth]

He also has a lot of hispanic groups supporting him. He's been given the highest ranking by the ABA. Where is he not qualified? He seems very qualified to me.

Even his ABA "highest ranking" is tainted

Estrada Endorser Had Partisan Role, Apparent conflict with ABA rules

Paul Bender (deputy Solicitor General in the Clinton Justice Department) was formerly Estrada's immediate supervisor. Bender told the Los Angeles Times that Estrada is so "ideologically driven that he couldn't be trusted to state the law in a fair, neutral way"

Bender also told the paper, "Miguel is smart and charming, but he is a right-wing ideologue. He has an agenda that's similar to Clarence Thomas'.

I think the United States deserves better than this.

 

[Lancecastor]

Filibuster support ebbs on Estrada
By Amy Fagan
THE WASHINGTON TIMES



Sen. Bill Nelson, Florida Democrat, said yesterday that he will vote for Mr. Estrada.

"Based on my conversation with him, and those who know him well, I believe he respects — and will honor — his moral and legal obligation to uphold the law impartially," he said.

Mr. Nelson joins Democratic Sens. John B. Breaux of Louisiana, Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Zell Miller of Georgia, who already have said they will support Mr. Estrada and vote with Republicans if they try to invoke cloture, a procedural move that requires 60 votes to limit debate and force a final vote.

Mr. Miller said his party's opposition to Mr. Estrada is "all political" and can be attributed to pressure from outside interest groups.

"The groups run everything around here," the conservative Democrat said Monday.

I thought he was a good choice, given that he had an outstanding career in law-enforcement on CHIPS.