President Bush nominates Jim Rogan to Federal District Court!

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FlashReport Weblog on California Politics

President Bush nominates Jim Rogan to Federal District Court!

by Jon Fleischman - Publisher

11-15-2006 3:41 pm

This afternoon President George W. Bush announced that he has nominated Orange County Superior Court Judge James E. Rogan to a seat on the United States District Court for the Central Valley!

Rogan, of course, is a superstar on the Republican side of the aisle. While originally a Democrat, Rogan found his heart and soul in the Grand ol' Party of Abraham Lincoln. He has had a storied career -- as a successful gang murder prosecutor, a judge up in Los Angeles County, GOP Majority Leader (yes, we had one of those once!) of the California State Assembly, a Member of Congress (where he served as one of the handful of managers of impeachment trial of former President Bill Clinton), and went on to serve President George W. Bush as an Undersecretary of Commerce and as Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and was recently appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger to fill a vacancy on the Orange County Superior Court.

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HOW WILL THIS PLAY OUT IN THE U.S. SENATE?
Obviously the "home run" for Rogan would be to be voted out by the United States Senate in a lame-duck session in the next month or two. But you have to figure it is likely that the Democrats will start to filibuster if Republicans try to confirm judicial appointments in a lame-duck Congress.

This will mean that the President will technically have to re-nominate Rogan upon the opening of the next session of Congress, and that's where Rogan's bi-partisan support will be very helpful. Back in 2001, Rogan was unanimously supported by both the Senate Judiciary Committee and by the entire United States Senate. Yes, including every Democrat! Of course, this was to an Undersecretary role in the Department of Commerce, still... Also, Rogan is supported in his judicial bid by some pretty prominent Democrats including Clinton White House Counsel Lanny Davis, Clinton impeachment lawyers Lanny Breuer, David Kendall, and Emmett Flood; California Democrats Juanita McDonald, Jane Harmon, and Anna Eshoo, among others. Oh yes, believe it or not, even former California Senate President Pro-Tem John Burton is supporting his confirmation!

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[aquart]

1. Are you saying he's competent and respected?

Then why don't we like him?

[question everything]

2. We don't like the managers who led the impeachment

of Clinton and this was why he was tossed out by his constituents.

[aquart]

3. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Thank you. That's what I wanted to know. He's a man who does not respect the constitution.

[SoCalDem]

4. Just when I thought we were rid of that vile little toad

:grr:

[Tesha]

5. That's the amazing part about these vipers.

> Just when I thought we were rid of that vile little toad

That's the amazing part about these vipers. They never give
up and they never surrender. They may be driven into retreat
for a month or two, but they NEVER ACTUALLY GO AWAY.

One must remain eternally vigilent against *ALL* Republicans,
big or small.

Tesha

[saigon68]

6. Like Turds in the toilet

They float back to the surface every now and then

[jaysunb]

7. Will someone rid me of this man ?????

We kicked his ass to the curb here in Pasadena (29th CD) figuring ( correctly ) some of his GOP buddies would reward him w/ a Washington job, now he's back here in CA. living and working in Orange County.

I don't care how many times they rinse, lather & repeat, the stench of what they did will cling to them forever !

Go Away !