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Two Pryor-related pieces from the B'ham News, "Both sides find ammo in Pryor's record" and "High Court shows Pryor restraint." I especially liked the following excerpts from the latter:

Democrats knew they couldn't stop Pryor from being approved by the Senate because he had a majority of the votes, so they filibustered even a decision on the nomination. That's the hypocrisy of U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., who challenged Pryor's recess appointment. Kennedy and others argue Bush pre-empted the Senate's constitutional role of "advise and consent" on judicial nominations when he appointed Pryor. In fact, the Senate refused its advise and consent role when it failed to take up Pryor's nomination and others made by Bush.

The unfair gripe from liberals about Pryor is that Pryor is too conservative and that, as a federal judge, he'll ignore the law in favor of his personal beliefs. Pryor is pro-life and has a deep religious faith, yet his record before becoming a federal judge, and since, shows he rules on the law, not personal belief.

Remember that Pryor believes public displays of the Ten Commandments should be allowed, yet he courageously prosecuted former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore when Moore defied federal courts that ordered him to remove his Ten Commandments monument from the state Judicial Building.

Pryor is a principled judge - and, as he has shown time and again, his main principle is following the law.

Bush has renominated Pryor, and the hope is that the Senate will give him a fair vote. If the Senate continues to avoid its responsibility on Pryor's nomination, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will lose an outstanding legal mind and a promising jurist.