Black? Yeah! Female? Great! Conservative? Unqualified!

Black? Yeah! Female? Great! Conservative? Unqualified!

Liberals assail Bush pick for federal court in D.C. - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics

Two influential liberal interest groups yesterday said it would be 'disastrous' if the Senate approved a black female judge from California who President Bush nominated in July to serve on the federal circuit court of appeals here in Washington.

A joint report by People for the American Way and the NAACP said California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown is 'committed to using her power as a judge' to work against civil and constitutional rights.

Justice Brown is the first black woman to sit on California's Supreme Court, where she is seen as the most conservative judge on that court. She would also be the first black woman to sit on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, which handles many high-profile federal cases and is considered a steppingstone to the U.S. Supreme Court.