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Senate OKs Judge Opposed by Civil Rights Groups

Posted Oct 24, 07 5:10 PM CDT in Politics,  US 

(Newser) – The Senate today confirmed a judge opposed by civil rights groups to a seat on a federal appeals court in the South. Judge Leslie Southwick will serve on the 5th Circuit, which comprises Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, the New York Times reports. A civil rights leader called the appointment  “a slap in the face to African Americans,” but Southwick's defenders say his detractors exaggerate.

Southwick once reinstated with back pay a white employee who’d used a racial epithet; in another case, he denied child custody to a bisexual mother. Nine Democrats voted to confirm the former deputy AG, including Dianne Feinstein, who dismissed suggestions of Southwick’s racism. Critics accused Democrats of making a deal for GOP support on future spending bills.

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Senators, from left, Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott of Miss., left, Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., wait for Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, right, to come to the podium during a news...   (Associated Press)
Senate Minority Trent Lott of Miss., center, accompanied by Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, left, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., gestures...   (Associated Press)
Mississippi Appellate Presiding Judge Leslie H. Southwick of the Fourth District is shown in this 2000 file photo taken in Jackson, Miss. Republican senators are ready to try again to get one of President...   (Associated Press)
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