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Printer friendly page Bench Warfare May 23, 2006 With Judge Terrence W. Boyle's nomination to one of the country's highest courts hanging in doubt, a group of fourteen former law clerks to the judge have launched an ambitious campaign to support him. Read more   Key Bush Judge Under Ethics Cloud May 02, 2006 Key Democrats denounced Terrence Boyle on Capitol Hill, after a CIR report revealed that the controversial judge violated federal law on conflicts of interest. Read more   Documents Show Controversial Bush Judge Broke Ethics Law May 01, 2006 Controversial judicial nominee Terrence Boyle has apparently violated federal law on judicial conflicts of interest repeatedly since his nomination. Read more   Bush Withdraws Nominee March 08, 2006 Judge James H. Payne's nomination to one of the highest courts in the nation has been withdrawn, following questions raised by CIR about Payne's ethics. Read more   Bush Judge's Rating Lowered March 02, 2006 In a rare move, the American Bar Association revoked its top rating of a Bush judicial nominee last week, after CIR revealed in a Salon.com story his repeated conflicts of interest while on the bench. Read more   Bush Judge Under Ethics Cloud January 31, 2006 A federal judge nominated by President Bush to one of the nation's highest courts disqualified himself from two cases against a corporation in which he has held personal investments, after a CIR report revealed that his career on the bench has been riddled with conflicts of interest. Read more   Bush Nominee Appears to Violate Conflict of Interest Rules January 22, 2006 Judge James H. Payne issued orders in cases involving companies in which he owned stock. Read more   Harriet Miers Is All Business October 07, 2005 Bush's Supreme Court nominee does have a paper trail -- leading to major corporations. Read more   The Moneyed Scales of Justice? September 13, 2005 John Roberts brings more potential conflicts of interest to the bench than any justice of his generation. Read more   John G. Roberts, Jr. July 21, 2005 Supreme Court Nominee John Roberts’ 2003 financial disclosure statement and Senate confirmation questionnaire. Read more   Here Come the Judges, Again May 20, 2005 The Senate, and increasingly the nation, are poised for a showdown in the coming days over President... Read more   Big Biz Battles for Bush's Bench March 01, 2005 Last year the Senate rejected former mining and cattle lobbyist William Myers for the Court of Appeals. Now Bush is trying again -- Read more   Judicial Rewards for War on Terror? October 12, 2004 Have shapers of the administration's controversial legal opinions defining torture been rewarded with jobs on the federal bench? Read more   Former Energy Industry Lobbyists Among Nominees October 12, 2004 What impact will these former industry lobbyists have on the federal bench? Read more   Courting Big Business April 01, 2004 Is the Bush White House using the courts as another way to pay back special interests? Read more