In a blow to critics of President Bush’s judicial nominees, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted, 12-7, yesterday to approve D. Brooks Smith for a judgeship on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Smith, the chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, is opposed by many liberal groups for his past membership in a men-only fishing and hunting club and for rulings that liberals say show insensitivity to environmental, labor, consumer and women’s concerns. The groups also point out that Smith has been reversed more than 50 times by the court he is to join.
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