Or so reads the Washington Times headline on the confirmation proceedings for judicial nominees to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. At the center of the controversy is a 2002 memo from a Sen. Kennedy staffer advising the Senator to slow the proceedings:
The thinking is that the current 6th Circuit will sustain the affirmative action program, but if a new judge with conservative views is confirmed before the case is decided, that new judge will be able, under 6th Circuit rules, to review the case and vote on it.
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