April 17, 2006
What: John Locke Foundation Headliner Luncheon
When: Noon Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Where: The Holiday Inn Brownstone
1707 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC
Price: $20
Who: Charles W. Pickering had a front-row seat in the recent battles over appointments to the federal appellate courts. He gained extensive trial experience practicing law for more than 30 years before President George H.W. Bush appointed him to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi on October 2, 1990.
In May 2001, the current President Bush nominated Judge Pickering to the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans. The American Bar Association rated him “well qualified,” and he had the support of numerous Democrats from the state of Mississippi, but a minority in the U.S. Senate blocked his appointment. On January 16, 2004, President Bush used a recess appointment to add Judge Pickering to the Fifth Circuit. When the U.S. Senate failed to confirm him, Judge Pickering returned to private practice.
In his book Supreme Chaos, Judge Pickering presents an inside look at how several left-wing interest groups are controlling and destroying the confirmation process. Join Judge Pickering for an insightful look at how judicial confirmation has devolved into a chaotic process that the Founding Fathers would not recognize.
Contact JLF Communications Director Mitch Kokai at 919-828-3876, 919-306-8736, or [email protected] for more information.