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Judges and Judiciary

May 1, 2003

Nominee Doesn't Deserve Calumny Heaped on Her

Forum Column - By Vilma S. Martinez - As a member of Sen. Barbara Boxer's judicial screening committee during the Clinton administration, I was proud to recommend Judge Richard Paez for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. President Clinton nominated Paez, but his nomination languished for four years, and he was subjected to a campaign of half-truths and cruel caricatures.

        Forum Column
        
        By Vilma S. Martinez
        
        As a member of Sen. Barbara Boxer's judicial screening committee during the Clinton administration, I was proud to recommend Judge Richard Paez for the 9th U.S. Circu...

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