and NOW he 'sees the light'. not really of course. the woman in question simply attended a committment ceremony for a LONG TIME NEIGHBOR'S DAUGHTER. i really don't even know how she feels about same-sex couples. i really don't think senator brownback knows how she feels EITHER.
the man makes my skin crawl. especially his views on censorship
NYT: GOP senator removes his block on federal court nominee
A Republican senator with his eyes on the White House has pulled his block on a nominee for federal court, The New York Times will report on the cover of its Tuesday edition.
"Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas, who had blocked the confirmation of a woman to the federal bench because she attended a same-sex commitment ceremony for the daughter of her long-time neighbors, says he will now allow a vote on the nomination," writes Neil A. Lewis for the Times.
Brownback is mulling a run for the GOP nomination in the 2008 presidential primary season.
Lewis reports that Brownback, who remarked earlier "that he still believed [nominee Janet Neff's] behavior raised serious questions about her impartiality," now says "he did not realize his proposal -- asking a nominee to agree in advance to remove herself from deciding a whole category of cases -- was so unusual as to be possibly unprecedented.
"Legal scholars," Lewis continues, "said it raised constitutional questions of separation of powers for a senator to demand that a judge commit to behavior on the bench in exchange for a vote."...
and the ny times article:
Senator Removes His Block on Federal Court Nominee
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