After two days of often testy but highly predictable debate, California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown was confirmed 56-43 by the U.S. Senate late Wednesday afternoon for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
All of the Senate’s 55 Republicans voted for Brown. Perhaps the most conservative�and controversial�of President George W. Bush’s judicial nominees, Brown was opposed by all but one of the chamber’s 44 Democrats, as well as independent Sen. James Jeffords (Vt.), who is recovering from surgery and was not able to vote. The lone Democratic renegade to vote in Brown’s favor was Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.).
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