Bush, Mich. senators end fight over 6th Circuit: Clinton nominee to be appointed
The Detroit Press reports on the terms of the deal that includes this:
A deal between Michigan’s senators and the Bush administration has ended a bitter fight over federal judicial appointments and cleared the way to a federal appeals court for a Michigan judge first nominated more than a decade ago.
Helene White, a Michigan Court of Appeals judge, is expected to win confirmation to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which hears cases from Michigan and other Midwestern states.
She was nominated in 1997 by then-President Clinton, setting off one of the longest partisan battles over judges . . .