Editor’s note: Texas Lawyer turned 25 on April 3. To mark our anniversary, each week the editorial department is looking back at the news we covered over the past 25 years and selecting one story to update for readers. This week, senior reporter John Council updates “Nominee Pleads Case at Rare Second Hearing,” an article from the Aug. 1, 1988, issue of Texas Lawyer.
Usually, confirmation hearings for U.S. district court nominees are not controversial affairs. U.S. senators traditionally save the drama and political debate for appellate court judgeships. But in 1988, President Ronald Reagan’s nominee for a federal trial bench in Houston ran into trouble, leading to a rare second hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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