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Christian Science Monitor
April 13, 2005
Warren Richey

Conservatives near lock on US courts

Senators will consider new judicial nominees Thursday. GOP-appointed judges already control 10 of 13 appeals courts

As Democrats and Republicans in Washington prepare for an expected showdown over the use of filibusters to stall judicial nominees, President Bush is already well on his way to recasting the nation's federal appeals courts in a more conservative mold.

Republican appointees now constitute a majority of judges on 10 of the nation's 13 federal appeals courts. As few as three more lifetime appointments on key courts would tip the balance in favor of GOP appointees on all but one appeals court - the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.

 

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