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Bush Plays Politics with Judicial Nominations

President Bush is misusing nominations for lifetime judgeships to provoke unnecessary fights He has refused even to consult with home-state U.S. senators on a series of pending nominations, including trial Judge William E. Smith for the only Rhode Island-based seat on the six-judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, and Lincoln D. Almond to be a federal trial judge in the state. Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick J. Leahy (D.-Vt.) suggested that this failure to consult with Rhode Island's senators was "playing politics."