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this is why republicans have paid so much attention to who gets on the courts. at the end of the bush administration 10 of the 13 federal courts of appeals had republican appointed majorities. 10 of the 13. when barack obama came into office nearly 60% of all active federal judges were appointed by republican presidents. that's why the republicans in washington are doing everything they can to stop president obama's nominees. yes, it is about denying the president a victory and denying the president just something, anything that he wants. but it is also about the rick scots of the world. it is about protecting things like rick scott's little forced drug testing thing in florida. isn't it? joinings now is nan aron, president for alliance of justice. thank you for joining us tonight. happy to have you here. >> hi, rachel. glad to be here. >> thank you. when republican sponsored legislation in states gets challenged in the court, what types of courts are hearing these challenges these days? >> well, as you said, we still have a court system, federal court system that is easily dominated by a majority of judges appointed by republican presidents. that has very real implications for all of us because most of the judges appointed by these presidents were appointed for political reasons. they shared an agenda of republican presidents. many of them were pro business, pro corporate. some were anti-choice. and it's interesting, if you just look at recent george bush's appointees, nearly a third of his nominees to the circuit courts were members of
florida. that sort of headline is actually not just a rick scott nightmare. that is turning into a nightmare for big government conservative gorve nevers all over the country. in texas, the only thing standing in the way of rick perry's new lawman dating that every doctor has to read a government-written script to every texas woman seeking an abortion, that is a lawsuit, that has been held up by a lawsuit that's been filed against the law by the center for reproductive rights. in mississippi the only thing standing in the way by the effort of haley barbour in republicans to make it harder for a woman to get an abortion, the only thing standing in the way of that is a lawsuit filed by the way of a number of groups including the aclu. in georgia, nathan deals knew arizona style immigration law is a lawsuit filed by, among others, the aclu. in alabama the only way standing in the way of republican governor bob bentley's arizona style immigration law is a lawsuit expected to be filed by the aclu in the poverty law
administration judicial confirmations were seen as so low it was provoking a crisis that was going to cause the senate republicans to go nuclear and eliminate the filibuster all together, right, because george bush wasn't getting his nom knows through fast enough. but at that point, at that point in his presidency he was exactly in line with how many nominees president bill clinton had confirmed. and that the republicans saw was a crisis. look where barack obama is at right now. this is why republicans have paid so much attention to who gets on the courts. at the end of the bush administration 10 of the 13 federal courts of appeals had republican appointed majorities. 10 of the 13. when barack obama came into office nearly 60% of all active federal judges were appointed by republican presidents. 2459s why the republicans in washington are doing everything they can to stop president obama's nominees. yes, it is about denying the president a victory and denying the president just something, anything that he wants. but it is also about the rick scots of the world. it is about protecting things like rick scott's little forced drug testing thing in florida. isn't it?
fled the state in order to protest what republicans were doing there. the republican agenda in the states has led to recall elections. the sponsor of the emergency financial manager bill in michigan, the so-called fiscal mercer law bill is now facing a recall campaign. all of the republican state senators in wisconsin, are all now facing their own recalls. reduce the policies indirectly. organizes in ohio have enough to push the up or a popular vote. in michigan, the emergency financial manager law is trying to get that law overturned at the ballot as well. up in maine, remember the governor's decision to rip down the mural at the labor department, too pro labor for the labor department? that led to this moment of the opposite of them.
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low it was provoking a crisis that was going to cause the senate republicans to go nuclear and eliminate the filibuster all together, right, because george bush wasn't getting his nom knows through fast enough. but at that point, at that point in his presidency he was exactly in line with how many nominees president bill clinton had confirmed. and that the republicans saw was a crisis. look where barack obama is at right now. this is why republicans have paid so much attention to who gets on the courts. at the end of the bush administration 10 of the 13 federal courts of appeals had republican appointed majorities. 10 of the 13. when barack obama came into office nearly 60% of all active federal judges were appointed by republican presidents. 2459s why the republicans in washington are doing everything they can to stop president obama's nominees. yes, it is about denying the president a victory and denying the president just something, anything that he wants. but it is also about the rick scots of the world. it is about protecting things like rick scott's little forced
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in the courts by the aclu of florida. that sort of headline is actually not just a rick scott nightmare. that is turning into a nightmare for big government conservative governors all over the country. in texas, the only thing standing in the way of rick perry's new law mandating that every doctor has to read a government-written script to every texas woman seeking an abortion, that is a lawsuit, that has been held up by a lawsuit that's been filed against the law by the center for reproductive rights. in mississippi the only thing standing in the way by the effort of haley barbour in republicans to make it harder for a woman to get an abortion, the only thing standing in the way of that is a lawsuit filed by the way of a number of groups including the aclu. in georgia, nathan deals knew arizona style immigration law is a lawsuit filed by, among others, the aclu. in alabama the only way standing in the way of republican governor bob bentley's arizona style immigration law is a
the real fight is in the states. number two, in terms of actually stopping the policies in terms of actually stopping the real intrusive big government conservatism in the red states this year, a lot of times under the radar what is stopping that stuff is the courts because it's the aclu that's suing in florida to so that rick scott forced drug testing, it is the center for reproductive rights suing in texas to stop that rick perry forced doctor's script, planned parenthood in indiana. the fight is happening in the states. and what that means, a lot of times, is that it is happening in the courts which does bring us back to washington. at this point in the george were bush presidency congress had confirmed 144 of president bush's judicial nominees. at this point in the barack obama presidency, congress has only confirmed 86 of his judicial nominees. now, remember, during the bush