2/19/03: "...member of former Whitewater independent 
counsel Kenneth W. Starr's team to the U.S. 
Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, based in St. Louis. 
The nominee, Steven M. Colloton of Iowa, was a law 
clerk for Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist..."

1/18/03: Lied later that his contact with
the Sovereignty Commission related to 
concerns over KKK infiltration

1/12/03: Lied about not having had any 
contact with Mississippi's State Sovereignty 
Commission, his home state's notorious 
anti-black secret police apparatus.

1/11/03: History of blatant anti-civil-
rights, anti-women, anti-minorities rulings

The Nation, 
Independent 
Judiciary, PFAW, 
Mississippi 
community leaders,
List of other orgs.,
NWLC

PENDING

A Director of
Federalist Society

2/19/03: "...Sutton has argued that the federal judiciary 
should have almost unfettered discretion to override 
Congress' empirical findings in support of its legislation, 
which would limit congressional authority to protect 
individuals from violations of their rights 
- such as hate crimes..." 

2/8/03: "...persuaded the Supreme Court to rule 
against a nurse with breast cancer on the 
ground that the Americans With Disabilities 
Act does not apply to state employers..."

1/15/03: Contributions to Bush/GOP

1/14/03: History of fighting cases against 
minorities and those with disabilities. 
e.g., "...argued that victims of 
discrimination must always prove "intent"
to discriminate - an exacting standard 
requiring "smoking gun" evidence 
such as a blatantly discriminatory 
statement. Such evidence is unlikely to 
be uncovered in most cases. Mr. Sutton's 
argument had the effect of significantly 
undercutting enforcement of the landmark 
1964 Act..."

HRC

New York Times

Atrios

Justice for All

Independent 
Judiciary

Wampum

ADA Watch

List of other orgs.
opposing Sutton

Member of
Federalist Society

1/15/03: Contributions to Bush/GOP

1/14/03: History of anti-workers-rights, 
anti-civil rights, anti-reproductive-choice, 
anti-environment and pro-big-corporation
/anti-employee legal rulings.
Blatant ethics violations through 
acceptance of campaign contributions from 
corporate defendants like Enron 
and Halliburton. 

PFAW

NOW

Independent 
Judiciary
1, 2

and 

PENDING

2/8/03: "...Deborah Cook, regularly sides, as a 
state judge, with corporations. In one case she 
maintained that a worker whose employer 
lied to him about his exposure to 
dangerous chemicals should not be able to 
sue for his injuries..."

1/15/03: Contributions to Bush/GOP

1/14/03: History of pro-big-business, anti-
worker, anti-civil-rights rulings/dissents

New York Times

Independent 
Judiciary

NARAL

2/19/03: Note as Michael Kinsley points out: 
"...With 42 circuit court vacancies to fill, Estrada 
is the only Hispanic Bush has nominated. 
Clinton nominated 11, three of whom 
the Republicans blocked..."

2/17/03: As The Nation points out, 
he was one of the lawyers who
represented the Bush/Cheney in
Bush v. Gore. It is stunning that such a
partisan can even get nominated, especially 
one that refuses to answer questions about his
legal positions (imagine if a company hired a 
manager who refuses to talk about his 
experience!). More on this stuff at Best 
of the Blogs.

2/5/03: Josh Marshall documents what
appears to be a possible case of purgery
by Estrada which should be investigated

1/29/03: NYTimes points out not only
Mr. Estrada's refusal to answer questions
but the limited information that shows he is
driven by an unusually conservative/right-wing
agenda.

1/15/03: Contributions to Bush/GOP

1/14/03: Member of Federalist Society
with history or anti-civil-rights, anti-labor,
anti-patient positions

TPM

Margie Burns
(BuzzFlash)

Independent 
Judiciary
1, 2

2/19/03: "...In a 1997 law review article, Bybee, 
then a professor, offered an extremely troubling 
view of the landmark equal protection case, 
Romer v. Evans...
characterized sexual orientation-inclusive 
civil rights laws as nothing more than 
government-sponsored "preferences" 
for "homosexuals."

2/8/03: History of "interesting" positions on
"states' rights", etc.

2/7/03: "...has argued that United States 
senators should be elected by state legislators, 
not the voters. Questions have also been raised 
about whether, as a White House aide, 
Mr. Bybee attempted to suppress 
a criminal investigation of financing of Iraqi 
weapons purchases..."

HRC

PFAW

New York Times

(former Deputy 
Solicitor General 
to Bush I)

1/15/03: Contributions to Bush/GOP

1/14/03: Anti-reproductive-choice, 
anti-secular positions in the past and 
has disputed the notion that the current
Supreme Court is "conservative". 
Nominated earlier by Bush I but 
nomination lapsed due to concern over
extreme views as perceived by then
Judiciary Committee

Independent 
Judiciary

NARAL

Member of
Federalist Society

1/14/03: Anti-civil-rights (e.g., a DOJ 
employee who persuaded others to push 
for tax exempt status for Bob Jones 
University), anti-patient-rights, anti-
whistleblower-rights, anti-
reproductive-choice actions

NARAL

(former aide to 
Jesse Helms)

1/14/03: Anti-civil-rights, anti-disabled-
person, anti-women's-rights  positions
and rulings

2/19/03: "...Amendment 2 sought to ban any 
municipality in Colorado from enacting laws that 
would protect gay people from discrimination...
Tymkovich defended Colorado's Amendment 2...
"He describes anti-discrimination laws as 
'special legal protections for homosexuals' 
and 'special rights,' common rhetoric for those 
opposed to equal protection for gays and lesbians." 
In the article, Tymkovich lumped homosexuality with a 
litany of "immoral" and dangerous behaviors, 
including sadomasochism, cockfighting, bestiality, 
suicide, drug use and prostitution..."

1/14/03: Anti-gay-rights, anti-women's-
rights rulings

Independent
Judiciary

(to be replaced by
William Pryor Jr.?)

1/14/03: History of anti-civil-rights rulings

1/14/03: Host of anti-civil-rights, anti-
reproductive-choice, anti-secular 
positions/rulings

1/14/03: History of anti-civil-rights, anti-
reproductive-choice, anti-environmental 
inclinations

1/14/03: History of actions and decisions
against civil rights, against 
women's/employee rights, and against 
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

NOW

1/15/03: Contributions to Bush/GOP

1/14/03: History of anti-civil rights, 
anti-reproductive-choice, and other 
right-wing opinions

Independent 
Judiciary

Law Professors

NARAL

1/14/03: Anti-workers-rights, anti-
consumer -rights, anti-women's-rights 
rulings and memberships in controversial 
discriminatory clubs

New York Times

AFJ

1/14/03: Anti-environmental, anti-health/
safety, etc. positions

Independent 
Judiciary

2/8/03: History of anti-reproductive-choice, 
and anti-women's-rights opinions (was against
Roe v. Wade)

1/14/03: Anti-defendant-rights, 
anti-constitutional-rights rulings. Has 
also stated that: “No innocent person has 
been executed in this country for 
roughly the last half century.” !

(a) Anti-abortion believer who participated in a Christian Medical 
Association campaign that attempted to reverse the FDA 
committee's 1996 recommendation that led to approval of 
the abortion pill RU-486. Has condemned birth control pills.

(b) Against emergency contraception. Apparently refuses to
prescribe contraceptives to unwed mothers and has spoken out
against condom use outside of marriage.

(b) He and his wife have recommended "specific scripture 
readings and prayers for such ailments as headaches and 
premenstrual syndrome". 

Sources: WP, FMF, Time, NOW, PP

(a) Refuses to prescribe "contraceptives of any sort." 

(b) He also erroneously classifies some forms of the birth 
control pill as potential abortifacients. (See "Sex, Naturally," First 
things, the Journal of Religion and Public Life, November 1999.) 

(c) Advocates “natural family planning”, e.g. the rhythm method, 
as the only acceptable form of contraception because “…medicine 
is permeated with attitudes toward sexuality and fertility that are 
incompatible with Christian values of the sanctity of life, marriage, 
and procreation, attitudes that both reflect and perpetuate the 
recreational approach to sexuality found in our secular 
culture,” reported HealthScoutNews.

Source: PP, FMF

Still at the helm 

"...Dr. Bush is a member of the advisory council of 
the Medical Institute — an anti-condom “research” group — 
and the director of Virginity Rules, an “abstinence-only” 
program (CDC, 2002b; The Medical Institute, 2002b).

Source: PP

"...She was President of Harvard Law School's Society 
for Law, Life and Religion - a group dedicated to 'defending 
religious values and the sanctity of human life from 
conception to natural death'..." (i.e., a so-called
pro-life group). 

She was part of the team that ended U.S. support for a world 
health plan for population control! "...Louise Oliver, a special 
assistant in the State Department's population office, also said the 
Bush administration objected to such terms as 
``reproductive services'' and ``reproductive health care'' 
because they imply a right to abortion, according 
to a senior U.N. official who attended the session..."

Source: PP, Mercury News

Salon
 (a) "...in private practice, Troy had successfully challenged 
the agency's power to regulate drug companies -- 
particularly the companies' ability to freely 
promote and market their products..." 
(b) "...Troy has overseen a dramatic decrease in 
the number of drug companies that have been 
reprimanded for running false or misleading commercials 
-- even as the drug ads filling our TV screens and 
magazines have multiplied. Of course, it could just be 
that the drug companies have all joined the Boy 
Scouts and are now being meticulously honest 
and trustworthy..." 

Common Dreams
(c) "...there has been a 60 percent decline since last 
year in the number of all FDA warning letters for 
various types of infractions, from clinical trials to marketing. 
These letters represent the first step in FDA policing. 
The decline coincides with an order from the administration 
last December requiring that Troy's office review all enforcement 
letters before they are sent to ensure they consistently apply 
FDA rules and are legally sound. Critics say the policy, 
combined with Troy's background, has had a chilling 
effect on FDA staff members who monitor drug company actions..." 

Daughter of the Chief Justice, she is under investigation 
by Congress on several issues including the shredding 
and destruction of documents by her office. 
"...The General Accounting Office, an 
investigative arm of Congress, was already conducting a 
comprehensive review of Ms. Rehnquist's office after complaints 
from employees who said she had politicized the agency, 
which investigates fraud and abuse in federal programs...
The accounting office was investigating whether Ms. Rehnquist 
kept a gun in her office without authorization, violated personnel 
rules by ousting career employees and ordered delays in a 
federal audit of the Florida state employees' pension fund 
to avoid embarrassing Gov. Jeb Bush. In its inquiry, the 
accounting office learned of the destruction of documents 
in the office of the inspector general, known as O.I.G. 
It informed Ms. Rehnquist, who informed Congress..."
New York Times, Washington Post.

Still at the helm 

"...Joseph Jennings is a motivational speaker, and former gang 
leader, who travels the country speaking to children about 
drugs and violence. Jennings’ background in HIV/AIDS 
comes mostly from telling teenagers to abstain from sex. 
Jennings is a frequent speaker for Acquire The Fire youth 
conferences. Acquire The Fire, organized by TeenMania Ministries, 
promotes among other issues, religious conversion 
as a cure for homosexuality and sexual abstinence until marriage." 

Source: NSD (via Atrios) (bold text is our emphasis)

 Nominated

"...Anita Smith is the co-founder of the Children AIDS Fund 
(formally Americans for a Sound HIV/AIDS Policy). Smith 
has stated that her organization "believes abstinence is 
the only true prevention." (Family Voice, July/August 2001). Smith’s 
organization lobbied against including HIV/AIDS status in 
the Americans With Disabilities Act. The organization has 
also pushed to take money from prevention efforts in 
the gay community and reassign it to less effective efforts. 
Smith has also worked extensively to promote 
abstinence-only programs. Smith has appeared in articles by the 
Concerned Women for America, who have lobbied to keep gay 
men off the council. Referencing potential appointments to the 
council, Concerned Women for America stated: "What we 
have here, frankly, is a power struggle between homosexual 
white men who have used all the government AIDS 
programs fundamentally to fund their subculture and 
political activities, versus the other dominate demographic 
group who’s suffering from AIDS, - namely, black women." 
(Battle Underway of AIDS Panel, Family News in Focus. 
October 29, 2001)..."

Source: NSD (via Atrios) (bold text is our emphasis)

"...a man whose background in HIV/AIDS policy consists of 
traveling with his mother as dual motivational speakers 
to promote abstinence for youth until marriage..."

 Source: NSD (via Atrios) (bold text is our emphasis)

 "...Dr. Joe McIlaney is the founder and director of the 
Medical Institute for Sexual Health (MISH) in Austin, Texas. 
MISH is an abstinence and anti safe-sex organization. Dr. McIlaney is 
most noted for his repeated attacks against the idea of using 
condoms to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. 
Among his books, McIlaney co-wrote The Myth of Safe Sex with 
James Dobson, president of Focus on the Family (which runs a 
prominent ex-gay ministry). McIlaney frequently interprets 
medical statistics for his own liking, and those interpretations 
are often used by anti-gay groups. 
On November 15, 2001, McIlaney testified 
before Congress to promote abstinence. McIlaney also 
enjoyed influence over the state health curriculum 
while George W. Bush was Governor of Texas..."
Also known for promoting falsities about condom efficiency.

Source: NSD (via Atrios) (bold text is our emphasis), PP

"...Former Rep. Tom Coburn (R-OK) received a 0% Congressional 
voting rating in all three of his terms from the Human Rights Campaign. 
In addition to his poor record on issues of concern to the gay 
and lesbian community, Coburn consistently voted against needed 
HIV/AIDS legislation. Coburn also called for the firing of the Director 
of the Centers for Disease Control because the CDC promotes 
condom use to prevent transmission of the HIV virus. Rich 
Tafel, Executive Director of LCR, has called Coburn’s past votes 
"morally wrong and politically dangerous." (Washington 
Blade, May 07, 1999)
 Source: NSD (via Atrios) (bold text is our emphasis)

"...In his speeches and writings on his Web site and elsewhere, 
Thacker has described homosexuality as a "deathstyle" 
rather than a lifestyle and asserted that "Christ can rescue the 
homosexual." After word of his selection spread among gays 
in recent days, some material disappeared from the Web site. 
Earlier versions located by The Washington Post that referred 
to the "gay plague," for instance, were changed as of 
yesterday to "plague."...Thacker's promotional 
materials stress the need for compassion toward all people 
with AIDS, and they urge churches to think "Christianly" 
about people with AIDS and to hate the sin, but love the 
sinner. "Be compassionate to those caught up in this 
sinful deathstyle," the Bob Jones summary said. "Only when 
homosexuals know it is a sin can they repent..." (bold
text is our emphasis)

 Sources: WP, Atrios, etc.

Expressed belief that "...gay white men are 
responsible for infecting the African American 
community with AIDS...", "...vocal proponent of abstinence 
as an AIDS prevention method..." 

"...her advocacy that undermines safe-sex education and that 
shifts away money from prevention efforts in the gay community. 
Ware has been associated with anti-gay organizations such as 
the Family Research Council and is most closely linked to her 
work with Americans for a Sound HIV/AIDS Policy (ASAP), 
which has since changed its name to the Children’s AIDS Fund. 
ASAP was an abstinence-only organization opposed to most 
HIV/AIDS education and prevention measures. ASAP also lobbied 
against including HIV and AIDS in the Americans with Disabilities Act. 
Ware herself is a strong abstinence-only proponent, lobbying 
against any effort that promotes education and protection over 
abstinence. 
Ware is also opposed to condom use. Pat Ware has advocated that 
the government shift away funds from groups that serve 
gays and towards abstinence-only education. At the 2000 
Republican Convention in Philadelphia, Ware referenced the 
"innocent babies" infected with HIV, a comment that 
implied that others are "guilty" victims of the epidemic..."

Sources: San Francisco Chronicle, 
NSD (via Atrios) (bold text is our emphasis)

Anti-women's-rights, anti-reproductive-choice,
anti-safe-sex (abhors condoms). "...Klink is a former Holy See 
diplomat who, according to the CFFC, has 
opposed the use of condoms as way of limiting 
the spread of AIDS. In one document issued by the 
CFFC, Klink is quoted as saying contraception is, 
“morally unacceptable” and in another document, 
Klink is quoted as saying the, “Holy See in 
no way endorses contraception or the use of 
condoms, either as a family planning 
measure or in HIV/AIDS prevention programs...”
(Klink was against emergency contraception being 
provided to raped women)

Sources: PP, CFCC

In March 2001, the WH Women's Initiatives and Outreach
Office was shut down.

Source: Denver Business Journal, PP

Anti-reproductive-choice positions; on advisory board 
of Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) - which is an extreme 
right-wing organization with outrageous goals (P.L.A).

Additionally, led delegation to U.N. children's summit opposing
special rehabilitation for raped children (including birth control 
and abortions).

Removed scientific statistics from National Cancer 
Institute from HHS websites that showed that breast 
cancer risk does not increase due to abortions. Also removed
fact sheets on condom effectiveness.

Sources: PP, PP

Member of
Federalist Society

On advisory board of Washington Legal Foundation (WLF)
- which is an extreme right-wing organization with outrageous 
goals (P.L.A). Very poor environmental record (LCV).

Extensive history of anti-environmental and pro-timber-
industry positions and jobs. Examples: (a) "...served as 
vice president of forest resources for the American 
Forest & Paper Association, the country’s leading 
advocate for logging in our national forests..." 
(b) Vociferously opposes the National Forest Roadless 
Conservation Policy, which would prot