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020			_a9781617039133 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
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050	0	4	_aKF373 _b.N665 2014
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100	1		_aSouthwick, Leslie H., _d1950- _e1
245	1	0	_aThe Nominee : _ba political and spiritual journey / _cLeslie H. Southwick, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
260			_aJackson : _bUniversity Press of Mississippi, _c(c)2014.
300			_a1 online resource (xii, 316 pages, 16 pages of plates) : _billustrations.
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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490	1		_aWillie Morris books in memoir and biography
520	0		_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.
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600	1	0	_aSouthwick, Leslie H., _d1950-
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bCourt of Appeals (5th Circuit) _xOfficials and employees _xSelection and appointment.
610	2	4	_aUnited States. _bCourt of Appeals (5th Circuit)
650		0	_aJudges _zUnited States _vBiography.
650		0	_aJudges _xSelection and appointment _zUnited States.
650		0	_aPolitical questions and judicial power _zUnited States.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password. _uhttpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=573334&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell