Elrod Nominated to Fifth Circuit
As reported by Howard Bashman at How Appealing:
President Bush has nominated Jennifer Walker Elrod to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: Currently, Elrod serves as a state district judge in Houston. She has been nominated to fill the vacancy created when Circuit Judge Patrick E. Higginbotham took senior status. A brief biography of Elrod can be accessed here (scroll down).
Update: The official notice from the White House is now available at this link.
What an amazing honor for Elrod; however, she's too young & should not have been nominated over candidates that were astoundingly more qualified. For such a high honor that is a lifetime appointment, the most qualified should always prevail, leaving politics out of it.
[...] The Tex Parte Blog is reporting that the Senate has confirmed 190th District Court Judge Jennifer Elrod's nominationto the Fifth Circuit(discussed previouslyhere). As the post points out, there are some interesting contrasts between Elrod's confirmation process and former Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen's. [...]