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Statement Of Senator John Edwards On Appointment Of Charles Pickering

Date: Jan. 16, 2004
Issues: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Friday, January 16, 2004

Statement Of Senator John Edwards On Appointment Of Charles Pickering

Senator John Edwards (D-NC) today released the following statement on President Bush's recess appointment of Judge Charles Pickering:

"I questioned Judge Pickering at his hearing, I reviewed his record, and I know Charles Pickering does not belong on the U.S. Court of Appeals. This is a judge who regularly put his personal views above the law in civil rights cases, a judge who violated judicial ethics in order to secure a lower sentence for someone who burned a cross on the lawn of an interracial couple.

"Coming just before Martin Luther King Day, President Bush's appointment of Judge Pickering is an insult to everyone who believes in equal justice and a stark reminder why we need a new President committed to appointing judges who will enforce our civil rights laws."

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