Reply #17: Check the record of some of Bush's judicial nominees [View All]

[PA Democrat]

with respect to the rights of the disabled.

William Pryor, a nominee to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals (Florida, Georgia and Alabama), is vigorously opposed by disability rights advocates for his radical interpretation of states’ rights and opposition to enforcement of federal laws that protect people with disabilities.

Judge Dennis Shedd, a Bush nominee to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, has a striking record of hostility toward civil rights during his years on the federal bench, including a consistent disregard for the rights of people with disabilities. He has ruled against disability rights plaintiffs in almost every instance, departing from settled law and adopting tortured interpretations of disability rights laws.

http://www.bazelon.org/takeaction/alerts/8-23-02shedd.htm

Terrence Boyle, a nominee to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland), has issued a number of rulings with an extremely narrow view of Congress' power to enact civil rights laws, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). He has ruled that Congress overstepped its authority in providing protections for people with disabilities under the ADA.

http://www.bazelon.org/takeaction/alerts/2005/1-19judicial.htm

This is just for starters.