U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Nominated by President George W. Bush
Confirmed 56-43 on June 8, 2005
- California State University, Sacramento B.A., 1974
- University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law J.D., 1977
- University of Virginia School of Law LL.M., 2004
- Deputy legislative counsel, State of California, 1977-1979
- Deputy attorney general, State of California, 1979-1987
- Deputy secretary and general counsel, Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, State of California, 1987-1990
- Private practice, California, 1990-1991
- Legal affairs secretary, Gov. Pete Wilson, California, 1991-1994
- Associate justice, California Court of Appeal, Third District, 1994-1996
- Associate justice, Supreme Court of California, 1996-2005
- Adjunct professor, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 1998-1999
Democrats who opposed her confirmation:
Akaka (D-HI), Baucus (D-MT), Bayh (D-IN), Biden (D-DE), Bingaman (D-NM), Boxer (D-CA), Byrd (D-WV), Cantwell (D-WA), Carper (D-DE), Clinton (D-NY), Conrad (D-ND), Corzine (D-NJ), Dayton (D-MN), Dodd (D-CT), Dorgan (D-ND), Durbin (D-IL), Feingold (D-WI), Feinstein (D-CA), Harkin (D-IA), Inouye (D-HI), Johnson (D-SD), Kennedy (D-MA), Kerry (D-MA), Kohl (D-WI), Landrieu (D-LA), Lautenberg (D-NJ), Leahy (D-VT), Levin (D-MI), Lieberman (D-CT), Lincoln (D-AR), Mikulski (D-MD), Murray (D-WA), Nelson (D-FL), Obama (D-IL), Pryor (D-AR), Reed (D-RI), Reid (D-NV), Rockefeller (D-WV), Salazar (D-CO), Sarbanes (D-MD), Schumer (D-NY), Stabenow (D-MI), Wyden (D-OR)