The confirmation wars on Capitol Hill are about to heat up again. Administration and Hill sources say the next judicial nominee to get a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing is likely to be Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen, selected for a slot on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The hearing could take place later this month. The Owen nomination shows every sign of becoming the most contentious since the battle earlier this year over fellow 5th Circuit nominee Charles Pickering Sr., who was narrowly defeated by the Senate panel.
Liberal activists have had Owen in their sights ever since she was nominated in May 2001. They view her as an extreme conservative who often bases her rulings on ideology rather than legal precedent. They cite rulings they claim are pro-business and anti-abortion – common themes in the political brawls over President George W. Bush’s judicial nominees.
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