Trent Lott: “Once again, Mr. President, there has been a tremendous miscarriage of justice by the Judiciary Committee. By a vote of…”

“Once again, Mr. President, there has been a tremendous miscarriage of justice by the Judiciary Committee. By a vote of 10 to 9, a unanimous, partisan block of Democrats--10 Democrats--voted against the nomination of Priscilla Owen, who had been nominated by the President to a seat on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The way this nomination was handled is a cause for great concern as well as the fact that, once again, the Senate will not have a chance to vote on a eminently qualified and experienced nominee to serve on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. I am convinced that had her nomination been permitted to make it to the floor--as the Republican Majority in the past allowed numerous controversial Democrat nominees to get to the floor--Judge Owen would be approved by the full Senate and she would be confirmed.”