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The Judicial-Confirmation War Moves Up to Rhode Island

By ADF Alliance Alert

Wall Street Journal: "The dustup concerns a nominee named Jack McConnell (pictured), a plaintiffs? lawyer at Motley Rice up in Rhode Island. Earlier this spring, President Obama nominated McConnell to a seat on the federal bench for the District of Rhode Island. It didn?t take long for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to throw up a red flag on McConnell, citing two main points: that he will make between $2.5 million and $3.1 million every year though 2024 in deferred pay for his legal work, which partly derives from his participation in the $264-billion settlement reached between states and tobacco firms in 1998 . . . "

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on June 07, 2010 (boomark / email).