In nine of 11 Southern states, President George W. Bush has never nominated an African-American for any of 62 openings for federal trial court judgeships, causing some lawyers to express concern that retiring black judges appointed years ago will leave a new crop of Southern lawyers who may never see a black judge on the federal bench. "The first thing you hear is they can't find anyone qualified," says U.S. Rep. Artur Davis, D-Ala. "That is not plausible, given the number of black lawyers in the state."
February 14, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
In nine of 11 Southern states, President George W. Bush has never nominated an African-American for any of 62 openings for federal trial court judgeships, according to federal court data.
In his home state of Texas, the president has not nominated a single black judge to the federal bench in 18 nominations sent to the Senate during the past six years, according to Leslie Proll, director of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund’s Washington office.
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