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020			_a9781621039945
020			_a1621039943
020			_z9781617039126 (hardback)
020			_z9781617039133 (ebook)
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP
050	0	0	_aKF373.S635 _bA3 2013
082	0	0	_a347.73/2434092 _aB _223
100	1		_aSouthwick, Leslie H., _d1950- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aThe Nominee _h[electronic resource] : _ba political and spiritual journey / _cLeslie H. Southwick.
260			_aJackson : _bUniversity Press of Mississippi, _c2013. _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (336 p.)
490	0		_aWillie Morris books in memoir and biography
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_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.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
600	1	0	_aSouthwick, Leslie H., _d1950-
650		7	_aLAW / Government / Federal. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aLAW / Courts. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Lawyers & Judges. _2bisacsh
650		0	_aPolitical questions and judicial power _zUnited States.
650		0	_aJudges _xSelection and appointment _zUnited States.
650		0	_aJudges _zUnited States _vBiography.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bCourt of Appeals (5th Circuit) _xOfficials and employees _xSelection and appointment.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aSouthwick, Leslie H., 1950- author. _tNominee _dJackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2013 _z9781617039133 _w(DLC) 2013033008
710	2		_aProject Muse.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781621039945/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c34119 _d34119