Word: judgeships
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Though Banales, a Democrat, has been accused of issuing his order to win popularity at the polls next year--his is an elected judgeship--his cheering section includes probation officers who already see a sobering effect on new probationers. "It's definitely a deterrent now," says Iris Davila, probation supervisor in the Nueces County Community Supervision and Correction Department. "Other offenders are saying to us, 'We'll do whatever it takes not to have signs...
...Garza problem reawakens a perception that Ashcroft has worked to overcome since taking office: that he is insensitive to minorities and racial issues. The biggest issue during his stormy confirmation hearings was his campaign, as senator, against a federal judgeship for Ronnie White, an African American. Since taking the helm at DOJ, Ashcroft has announced a series of minority appointments - his deputy, who just took office, is black, for instance - and said two of his top priorities are racial profiling and voting rights. Is there any clearer example of racial profiling than the fact that in every case from...
...This is a very tough judgeship to get and keep, and Garrett knows he has to stand again for election in a few years. He knows voters will remember every decision he makes in this case and in Blanton's, which Garrett's also been assigned...
When Missouri Supreme Court Justice Ronnie White testifies at John Ashcroft's confirmation hearing this week, the winds of opposition will suddenly be funneled into a single human voice. White's 1999 nomination for a federal judgeship was famously torpedoed by Ashcroft, who charged that White, an African American, had "pro-criminal" tendencies. Exhibit A for Ashcroft: White's dissent in favor of a death-penalty defendant accused of murdering four people, including three police officers. Ashcroft's opponents charge (and Ashcroft denies) that his criticism of White was motivated in part by the nominee's race. Exhibit...