The Rittenhouse Review

A Philadelphia Journal of Politics, Finance, Ethics, and Culture


Wednesday, May 25, 2005  

ROLL-CALL SHAME ROLL
Priscilla Owen Confirmed

The U.S. Senate this afternoon approved the Bush administration’s nomination of Priscilla R. Owen to the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, by a vote of 56 to 43.

The New York Times reports Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R.I.) was the only Republican to vote against the nomination. Justice Owen won the votes of two Democrats, Sens. Robert C. Byrd (W.Va.) and Mary Landrieu (La.). Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) did not vote.

There’s some solace in this: Justice Owen will have to spend the rest of her professional life in New Orleans.

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