As
reported at NRO’s Bench Memos blog Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has
indicated that Judge
Southwick might finally receive a fair up-or-down vote in the Senate this week. Southwick is a highly-qualified, strong
originalist nominated by President Bush to sit on the 5th Circuit
Court of Appeals but his nomination has been stalled due to liberal slandering
of his character and distortion of his record.
VOTE TODAY: Last night our contacts on the
Hill informed us of the following:
This evening Majority Leader Reid
announced a time agreement regarding the votes on Judge Leslie Southwick’s
nomination.
Under the agreement the Members
have agreed to move to the cloture vote tomorrow morning at 11:00am. Should
cloture be invoked (meaning more than 60 Senators vote in the affirmative), we
would move immediately to the vote on final confirmation. If it is not invoked,
we will return to legislative session.
Southwick would be an upstanding circuit judge who would uphold
the Constitution. Pray that the Senate
treats him justly and votes to confirm his nomination.