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	USDOJ: OLP: Charles W. Pickering, Sr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Judge Pickering served as Chairman of the Jones County Chapter of the American National Red Cross, Chairman of the Jones County Heart Fund, Chairman of the Jones County Drug Education Council, and Co-Chairman of the United Givers Fund.
		Judge Pickering was appointed and served as City Prosecuting Attorney of Laurel and was elected and served four years as County Prosecuting Attorney of Jones County.
		Judge Pickering graduated at the top of his law school class at the University of Mississippi where he was on the Law Journal and served as Chairman of the Moot Court Board.
	www.usdoj.gov /olp/pickeringbio.htm (400 words)

	Charles Pickering Should Not Be Confirmed to the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
		Charles Pickering's record of opposition to reproductive choice, women's rights, and civil rights is particularly troubling in the context of the circuit to which he has been nominated for a lifetime judgeship.
		Pickering's confirmation would move this already conservative circuit even further to the extreme right and away from the mainstream and the ideals of the population for which it serves.
		President Bush's nomination of Charles Pickering for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and of extremist judicial candidates in general, could alter the current moderate balance of the courts and tip the scales of justice even further away from the protection of individual and civil rights.
	www.aauw.org /about/newsroom/press_releases/pickering.cfm (748 words)

	Pickering's race war - Salon
		President Bush's nomination of Charles Pickering to the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will probably be defeated this week in the Senate Judiciary Committee, but it is likely only a prelude to nastier fights over judicial nominations in the future.
		When he was nominated to be a District Court judge in 1990, Pickering testified that he had no connection to the commission -- but it was later revealed that he had once asked an official at the agency to keep him informed of a labor dispute in his hometown.
		Pickering is on record as having opposed key issues for liberals, but the notion that he will "turn back the clock" seems designed to bring up images of segregation and other highly charged issues from Americas history.
	www.salon.com /politics/col/spinsanity/2002/03/13/pickering/index.html (802 words)

	OpinionJournal - Extra
		Pickering was a locally elected prosecutor who took the stand that year and testified in a criminal trial against the imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, who was accused of firebombing a civil rights activist.
		Pickering later lost his bid for re-election because he dared to defy the Klan, but he gained my respect and the respect of many others as a man who stands up for what is right.
		Pickering was in private practice as a lawyer, and became known as a person who took on difficult cases.
	www.opinionjournal.com /extra/?id=95001845 (749 words)

	Courting Influence :: Center For Investigative Reporting :: Nominee Details
		Barbour, who has known Charles Pickering since 1968, was Republican National Committee chairman in the mid-1990s and served on a select group of advisers for Bush in 1999 when the then-governor of Texas was preparing to run for president in 2000.
		Pickering was among the legion of southern Democrats who left their party because of its embrace of the civil rights agenda.
		Charles Pickering was elected as prosecuting attorney for Laurel County, MS in 1962.
	www.courtinginfluence.net /nominee.php?nominee_id=28 (897 words)

	Edward Charles Pickering Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		The American astronomer Edward Charles Pickering (1846-1919) was a pioneer in the fields of stellar spectroscopy and photometry.
		Pickering established a widely accepted scale and employed instruments, at least one--the meridian photometer--of his own invention, to achieve unprecedented accuracy in determining the magnitudes of 80,000 stars.
		Pickering's second work, begun in 1885, was the compilation of a "photographic library," as he called it, giving a complete photographic chart of the stellar universe down to the eleventh magnitude on some 300,000 glass plates.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/edward-charles-pickering (454 words)

	Chip Pickering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Charles Willis Pickering, Jr., usually known as Chip Pickering (born August 10, 1963), has represented Mississippi's third Congressional district (map) as a Republican in the United States House of Representatives since being elected in 1996.
		Pickering's 2004 campaign website represented this interlude as "before coming to Congress, Chip pioneered the first full-time presence by a Southern Baptist missionary behind the Iron Curtain in Budapest, the capital of then communist Hungary." After returning to the United States, he served Senator Trent Lott, a 33d Degree Freemason, from 1992 to 1996.
		Pickering defeated Shows by winning over 60% of the vote in the new 3rd District, and some suggested that the race was over as soon as the new map was signed into law.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chip_Pickering (724 words)

	Online NewsHour: Mississippi House Race -- Chip Pickering Biography
		Charles "Chip" Pickering was born in 1963 in Laurel, Mississippi, a small town in the Southeastern region of the state known as "The Pinebelt." Pickering grew up working on his family's farm and attending public school.
		Charles Pickering Sr., was a state senator and Republican party leader who now serves as a federal judge.
		Pickering has also sought to cast doubt on Shows' claim by pointing to a $25,000 fine the Democrat had to pay as the result of campaign finance violations in 1998.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/vote2002/races/ms_pickering.html (691 words)

	The racist skeletons in Charles Pickering's closet - Salon
		Pickering has long tried to downplay and even disavow that history, in sworn testimony to the Senate during his first confirmation hearing in 1990, and again in 2002.
		In 2002, Pickering attempted to correct his false testimony, saying that he had contacted the commission in 1972 because he was concerned about possible Ku Klux Klan infiltration of a union in his hometown.
		Pickering also insisted that when Gartin ran for governor in 1959, his opponent Ross Barnett was the recognized segregationist candidate and that being insufficiently pro-segregation was why Gartin was defeated.
	dir.salon.com /story/news/feature/2003/05/12/pickering/index.html (1199 words)

	Charles Pickering \| SaveROE.com
		As a state Senator, Pickering voted for a resolution calling for a constitutional convention to propose an amendment to ban abortion and voted against state funding for family planning programs.
		From 1983 to 1985, Pickering was president of the Mississippi Baptist Convention.
		Judge Pickering testified that he would “vote differently today” from how he voted in the Mississippi Senate regarding the funding of the Sovereignty Commission and on redistricting, but he has never stated that he would “vote differently” on banning abortion or funding family planning.
	www.saveroe.com /policy/courtwatch/lower-courts/charles-pickering (981 words)

	Judge Pickering Denies Racism, Judicial Nominee Points To Long Record On Civil Rights - CBS News
		Pickering, whose nomination by President Bush to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals was voted down by Democrats in the U.S. Senate because of those charges, talked about his record with Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes.
		Charles Pickering: Well, I was elected county attorney in 1963 at the age of 26.
		Pickering said this was the worst case of disproportionate sentencing he'd ever seen, especially since the real ringleader (who didn't go to prison) had attacked the same house before.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2004/03/25/60minutes/main608667.shtml (1936 words)

	Pickering Edward Charles - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Pickering, Edward Charles (1846-1919), American astronomer and physicist, who devised the meridian photometer with which he made more than...
		The photographic study of stellar spectra was initiated in 1885 by the American astronomer Edward Charles Pickering at the Harvard College...
		Stuart, Charles Edward, known as the Young Pretender, or Bonnie Prince Charlie (1720-1788), claimant to the British throne who led the Scottish...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Pickering_Edward_Charles.html (112 words)

	CNN.com - Senate panel delays Pickering vote for a week - March 7, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Pickering's nomination has strong opposition from liberal critics, but President Bush and other Republicans have urged that he be confirmed.
		Pickering, a U.S. District Court judge in Mississippi, has been nominated for a seat on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is based in New Orleans, Louisiana.
		A former chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party and state senator, Pickering is a longtime associate of Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott's.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/ALLPOLITICS/03/07/pickering/index.html (364 words)

	Chip Pickering - Congresspedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Pickering was born August 10, 1963 in Laurel, Mississippi.
		In 2002, Pickering was pitted against fellow Congressman Ronnie Shows, a Democrat from the neighboring 4th District, after Mississippi's sluggish population growth cost it a House seat.
		Pickering is arguably one of the most conservative members of the House with a lifetime rating of 96% from the American Conservative Union.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Charles_Pickering (823 words)

	Charles W. Pickering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1979, Pickering was the Republican nominee for Attorney General, and also served as Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party from 1976 to 1978.
		In 1984, when Judge Pickering was the president of the Mississippi Baptist Convention, he presided over a meeting where the Convention adopted a resolution calling for legislation to outlaw abortion except when necessary to preserve a woman's life.
		President George W. Bush nominated Pickering for a judgeship on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in 2002, but his nomination was not acted upon favorably by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_W._Pickering (474 words)

	Byron York on Charles Pickering on National Review Online
		At issue are statements Pickering made in response to questions from Democrat John Edwards about a 1994 cross-burning case (see "Behind the Democrats' Attack").
		While Pickering did not object to sending Swan to prison — he was clearly guilty of taking part in the cross burning — the judge believed that the seven and a half year sentence was too severe, given that a more culpable co-defendant was given no jail time at all.
		Pickering's defenders suggest that a more reasonable reading of the paragraph would be that Pickering was assuming that the defense, as is common in such cases, would ask for a new trial for Swan.
	www.nationalreview.com /york/york021502.shtml (1128 words)

	CNN.com - Bush shows strong support for judge nominee Pickering - March 6, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Bush met with Pickering and some of his supporters Wednesday morning in the Oval Office, and said "it's not fair and it's not right" for the Senate to block Pickering's appointment.
		Pickering, now a U.S. District Court judge in Mississippi, was nominated for a seat on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New Orleans.
		A former chairman of the Mississippi Republican party and state senator, Pickering is a long-time associate of Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott, R-Mississippi.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/ALLPOLITICS/03/06/bush.pickering (450 words)

	Convicted cross-burner says he, Pickering are victims of politics - The Clarion-Ledger
		Pickering said he urged prosecutors to lessen Swan's potential sentence because he believed Swan's punishment was unfair based on what the other two defendants received.
		Pickering called Assistant Attorney General Frank Hunger — a fellow Mississippian and former Vice President Al Gore's brother-in-law — to "express my frustration with the gross disparity in sentence recommended by the government and my inability to get a response from the Justice Department in Washington." Hunger told Pickering he couldn't help him.
		Pickering was convinced J.B. was the organizer of the crime.
	orig.clarionledger.com /news/0301/14/m01.html (959 words)

	Online NewsHour: The Pickering Vote -- March 14, 2002
		Pickering was appointed to the federal bench by President Bush's father.
		CHARLES GRASSLEY, (R) Iowa: They're using the same plots, the same employs and talking points to destroy the career of a decent and well-qualified man. They've simply pulled out their model complaints and have just written in, filled in the blank with Judge Pickering's name.
		KWAME HOLMAN: Wisconsin Democrat Russ Feingold answered the argument of some Pickering supporters that because the Senate approved him as a federal district judge, he clearly is qualified to be elevated to the court of appeals.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/congress/jan-june02/pickering_3-14.html (828 words)

	Save Our Courts - Charles Pickering, Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals
		As a state senator in the 1970s, Pickering twice voted for a reapportionment plan that would increase the number of senators per district while diluting the voting strength of African Americans and other racial minorities.
		Judge Pickering aggressively promoted his views to prosecutors that the sentence for the one defendant who was convicted at trial was too severe, even though the law mandated it.
		While in law school, Pickering supported the imposition of stronger criminal penalties for violating a ban on interracial marriage.
	saveourcourts.civilrights.org /nominees/details.cfm?id=14472 (449 words)

	Byron York on Charles Pickering & Cross-Burning Case on National Review Online
		Compounding Pickering's concern was a conflict between two federal appeals-court rulings over the applicability of a statutory mandatory minimum sentence to the case.
		Pickering doubted whether both were applicable to the case and asked Civil Rights Division lawyers whether the same sentencing standards were used in cases in other federal circuits.
		Pickering says he called Hunger to express "my frustration with the gross disparity in sentence recommended by the government, and my inability to get a response from the Justice Department in Washington." Hunger told Pickering that the case wasn't within his area of responsibility.
	www.nationalreview.com /york/york010903b.asp (1426 words)

	NR Editors on Judge Charles Pickering on National Review Online
		Charles Schumer and Patrick Leahy insist that nobody ever insinuated that Pickering was a racist.
		The Democrats do not really believe that Pickering (or Ashcroft) is a racist, of course; in 1990, Pickering was unanimously approved for the district judgeship he now holds.
		By voting down Pickering, Democrats handed the president (and Pickering's friend Trent Lott) a defeat; elicited donations for liberal interest groups; and sought to make the president think twice before nominating conservatives, or at least opponents of liberal orthodoxy on abortion, in the future.
	www.nationalreview.com /daily/nr032002.shtml (558 words)

	CNN.com - Pickering appointment angers Democrats - Jan. 17, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The Senate still would have to confirm Pickering for him to remain on the 5th Circuit, which is based in New Orleans, Louisiana.
		Bush's father nominated Pickering to a U.S. District Court seat in Mississippi in 1990, and the Senate confirmed the judge.
		Pickering's critics contend he would not uphold abortion rights, and they question his record on civil rights.
	www.cnn.com /2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/17/bush.pickering (863 words)

	Keyword (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Charles Pickering of Mississippi made the comments in Louisville's Highview Baptist Church, a few hours before a rally was to start aimed at getting churchgoers to protest the filibuster of nominees for the federal judiciary.
		Judge Charles Pickering could learn soon whether he'll be confirmed for a federal appeals court post, a doubtful prospect for the jurist accused of being racially insensitive and anti-abortion by Democrats in the U.S. Senate.
		Pickering, but his record as a federal trial judge is undistinguished and downright disturbing, and Senate Democrats are reasonable to oppose his nomination.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=charlespickering (4594 words)

	lexisONE(R) Federal Judge Charles Pickering To Retire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		President Bush elevated Pickering, 67, with a recess appointment in January, which temporarily sidestepped the confirmation process.
		In July, Bush nominated Keith Starrett, a judge on the 14th Circuit Court District of Mississippi since 1992, to replace Pickering as U.S. district judge on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.
		Pickering's statement said he was at peace with his decision.
	www.lexisone.com /news/ap/ap120904a.html (226 words)

	The Clarion-Ledger: Mississippi's News Source
		The move, which could come June 5, is designed to secure the stalled nomination of Hattiesburg Judge Charles Pickering to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
		Charles Pickering was subjected to two contentious hearings last year in which Democrats on the judiciary panel harshly criticized some of the judge's decisions and suggested he is insensitive to civil rights and women's rights.
		The GOP is in control this year, but the party lacks the 60 votes needed in the Senate to stop a Democratic filibuster of Pickering's nomination.
	orig.clarionledger.com /news/0305/23/m05.html (401 words)

	The American Spectator
		Judge Charles Pickering finally got the public hearing he deserved, and the competence, courage, and decency of the man shined through.
		Pickering was nominated by President Bush to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2001, but his appointment was blocked by Senate Democrats through 2003.
		Pickering had good reason to argue for the reduced sentence, as explained here.
	www.spectator.org /dsp_article.asp?art_id=6352 (832 words)

	Fighting Pickering
		As a federal judge since 1990, Pickering has described the "one person, one vote" principle as "obtrusive," attacked moves to draw legislative districts that could be won by African-American candidates as "polarization" and repeatedly attempted to limit application of Voting Rights Act provisions in Mississippi.
		At least eleven of the two dozen Pickering decisions overturned by the Fifth Circuit were rejected for violating well-settled principles of law involving civil rights, civil liberties, criminal procedures and labor rights.
		After Pickering stumbled badly in Judiciary Committee hearings--which raised ethics concerns about his role in the cross-burning case, his solicitation of letters of recommendation from lawyers and groups that might face his court, and his deceitful testimony about his ties to the Sovereignty Commission--his nomination was in trouble.
	www.thenation.com /doc/20020318/nichols (1102 words)

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