The Nominee : a political and spiritual journey /

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President George W. Bush nominated Leslie H. Southwick in 2007 to the federal appeals court, Fifth Circuit, based in New Orleans. Initially, Southwick seemed a consensus nominee. Just days before his hearing, though, a progressive advocacy group distributed the results of research it had conducted o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Southwick, Leslie H., 1950- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2014]
Colección:Willie Morris books in memoir and biography.
Temas:
Southwick, Leslie H., > 1950-
United States. > Court of Appeals (5th Circuit) > Officials and employees > Selection and appointment.
United States. > Court of Appeals (5th Circuit)
Judges > United States > Biography.
Judges > Selection and appointment > United States.
Political questions and judicial power > United States.
Juges > États-Unis > Biographies.
Politique et pouvoir judiciaire > États-Unis.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Lawyers & Judges.
LAW > Courts.
LAW > Government > Federal.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
Judges
Judges > Selection and appointment
Political questions and judicial power
United States
collective biographies.
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Final Day
  • 2. Beginnings
  • 3. Bush Administration
  • 4. Mississippi Court of Appeals
  • 5. Clinton's Fifth Circuit Choices
  • 6. Hesitant Application
  • 7. Becoming a Soldier
  • 8. Mixed Judicial and Military Pursuits
  • 9. Training and Pursuing
  • 10. Year in Iraq
  • 11. Back Home and Breaking Through
  • 12. Fifth Circuit Shift
  • 13. Hearing
  • 14. Sorting Out
  • 15. Pause, and a New Approach
  • 16. Desperation, and Witches and Martyrs
  • 17. Committee Speaks
  • 18. Lull: Would There Be a Storm?
  • 19. Final Two Trips
  • 20. Beginning of the Last Day
  • 21. Vote
  • 22. Victory Lap
  • 23. Reflections.

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