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Charles Pickering for the Fifth Circuit of Appeals. (Worth Noting).


* A January 8, 2003, Human Rights Campaign press release reaffirms HRC's opposition to George W. Bush's nomination of Charles Pickering Charles Pickering may refer to:
  • Charles Pickering (naturalist) (1805-1878), physician and naturalist
  • Charles W. Pickering (born 1937), Appeals Court judge
  • Chip Pickering (born 1963), U.S. Representative from Mississippi; son of Charles W. Pickering
 for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Citing the Mississippi judge's notorious record for racial divisiveness, anti-gay sentiments, and disregard for employment nondiscrimination non·dis·crim·i·na·tion  
n.
1. Absence of discrimination.

2. The practice or policy of refraining from discrimination.



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 Political Director Winnie Stachelberg said Pickering's "unpleasant and disturbing prejudices ... have defined his career.... His record as a legislator LEGISLATOR. One who makes laws.
     2. In order to make good laws, it is necessary to understand those which are in force; the legislator ought therefore, to be thoroughly imbued with a knowledge of the laws of his country, their advantages and defects; to
 and judge manifests a profound disdain for basic civil rights and constitutional protections that categorically disqualifies him from elevation to the Fifth Circuit."

Karen Ann Gajewski is a freelance editor and an editorial consultant to the Humanist.
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Date:Mar 1, 2003
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