WASHINGTON – The Senate’s top Democrat on Tuesday said he is considering a filibuster of two of President Bush’s judicial nominees, saying one may have been involved in the administration’s policy on torture and the other ruled in a case in which he had a clear conflict of interest.
Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., opposes the nominations of White House aide Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and federal judge Terrence Boyle, who Bush wants to send to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va.
Reid said he had read in an online article that Boyle had bought stock in General Electric midway through presiding over a pension lawsuit against the company. Then Boyle ruled against the plaintiff’s claims of long-term and pension disability benefits.
The White House said Kavanaugh was not involved in crafting detainee policy and that Boyle did not use his office for personal gain.
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