Bush Names Choices for Federal Appeals Court
From Times Wire Reports
President Bush nominated as federal judges a conservative California Supreme Court justice and a White House staff lawyer who helped impeach President Clinton.
Both nominations are to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
If approved by the Senate, California Justice Janice Rogers Brown and Brett Kavanaugh, an associate of former independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr, would join the powerful 12-member court, which now has five Republican and four Democratic appointees.
More to Read
Get the L.A. Times Politics newsletter
Deeply reported insights into legislation, politics and policy from Sacramento, Washington and beyond. In your inbox three times per week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
