The Washington Post reports:
. . . G. Steven Agee was sworn in this month as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit after being nominated by President Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. The 55-year-old lawyer had been a Virginia Supreme Court justice since 2003 . . .
Agee’s arrival restores a 6-5 advantage for Republican appointees, with four vacancies remaining. But legal experts said it’s unclear whether Agee, generally known as a moderate conservative from his time as a judge and earlier service as a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates, will decisively tilt the balance . . .
