Two great op-eds on CaliforniaRepublic.org on Justice Brown. The first, by her former chief-of-staff, tells of Justice Brown's background. Perhaps her lack of prep-schools and a Harvard education offends the old-boy network:
Janice Brown grew up in the segregated South, the child of sharecroppers. Coming to California with her parents, she received an undergraduate degree from Cal. State and went on to law school at UCLA. A widowed single parent, she took her son with her to law school classes and worked nights. She later remarried and continued in government service in Sacramento, in time rising to become California Governor Pete Wilson's chief legal adviser. From there, the Governor nominated her to serve on the Third District Court of Appeal. With its proximity to the seat of state government, this court is not unlike the federal District of Columbia Court of Appeals to which the President has named her.The second op-ed is by Bob Parks, a black conservative. Parks lists all the liberal trash-talk about Brown (by the likes of Senator Schumer and Reps. Dianne Watson and Eleanor Holmes Norton) and fisks more than a few. My favorite is this one by Schumer:
Gov. Wilson's 1996 nomination of Janice Rogers Brown to a seat on the California Supreme Court sparked outcries from the infamous JENY commission, a quasi-public body that evaluates judicial nominees. They called her "unqualified" to serve on the high court, saying she was too "opinionated." However, her sterling track record impeaches every word pronounced on her by the liberals at JENY. Janice Brown is a hands-on workhorse, who has consistently authored more opinions each year than any other member of the California Supreme Court.
“The cases say what they say. She wants to turn back the clock, not just a few years, but by a century or more.” -- Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY)This confirmation is going to get very, very dirty.
If I may butt in for a second, what is Schumer talking about? Aside from the focus-grouped jargon that is known to grab the attention of tuned-out blacks, who has not turned back the clock, but just unplugged it? It’s been Schumer, Holmes-Norton, Watson, and their liberal cohorts who see blacks as stray pets.
Conservative blacks have been trying to "turn back the clock" and give parents the same choice liberal blacks (and rich whites) have, by freeing their kids from public schools through the vouchers they beg for -- but are denied by black Democrats who sell out their people for teachers' union money.