LEADER 03524nam 2200517 450 001 9910787502603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-62103-994-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000428183 035 $a(OCoLC)855858315 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse28619 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1181942 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10769551 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1181942 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000428183 100 $a20130813h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe nominee $ea political and spiritual journey /$fLeslie H. Southwick 210 1$aJackson :$cUniversity Press of Mississippi,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (345 pages) 225 0$aWillie Morris books in memoir and biography 311 $a1-61703-912-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"President George W. Bush nominated Leslie H. Southwick in 2007 to the federal appeals court, Fifth Circuit, based in New Orleans. Initially, Southwick seemed a consensus nominee. Just days before his hearing, though, a progressive advocacy group distributed the results of research it had conducted on opinions of the state court on which he had served for twelve years. Two opinions Southwick had signed off on but not written became the center of the debate over the next five months. One dealt with a racial slur by a state worker, the other with a child custody battle between a father and a bisexual mother. Apparent bipartisan agreement for a quick confirmation turned into a long set of battles in the Judiciary Committee, on the floor of the Senate, and in the media.In early August, Senator Dianne Feinstein completely surprised her committee colleagues by supporting Southwick. Hers was the one Democratic vote needed to move the nomination to the full Senate. Then in late October, by a two-vote margin, he received the votes needed to end a filibuster. Confirmation followed. Southwick recounts the four years he spent at the Department of Justice, the twelve years on a state court, and his military service in Iraq while deployed with a Mississippi National Guard Brigade. During the nomination inferno Southwick maintained a diary of the many events, the conversations and emails, the joys and despairs, and quite often, the prayers and sense of peace his faith gave him--his memoir bears significant spiritual content. Throughout the struggle, Southwick learned that perspective and growth are important to all of us when making decisions, and he grew to accept his critics, regardless of outcome. In The Nominee there is no rancor, and instead the book expresses the understanding that the difficult road to success was the most helpful one for him, both as a man and as a judge"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aJudges$xSelection and appointment$zUnited States 606 $aJudges$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aPolitical questions and judicial power$zUnited States 615 0$aJudges$xSelection and appointment 615 0$aJudges 615 0$aPolitical questions and judicial power 676 $a347.73/2434092 676 $aB 686 $aBIO020000$aLAW025000$aLAW039000$2bisacsh 700 $aSouthwick$b Leslie H.$f1950-$01528996 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787502603321 996 $aThe nominee$93773011 997 $aUNINA