This week, the Congressional Black Caucus will be meeting with President Bush for the first time in two years. Based on “what has happened in the past at these meetings,” members have doubts “that the session would yield any tangible results.” A new report in the National Law Journal shows that in nine of 11 southern states, Bush “has never nominated an African-American for any of 62 openings for federal trial court judgeships.”
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