21.   Deborah Lewis, legislative counsel for the Alliance for Justice, which tracks judicial appointments, said Clinton has made mostly mainstream nominations.

22.   Fights over judicial appointments reflect a long-running ideological standoff over legal philosophy between the two parties.

23.   Fleischer said Bush, who is responsible for making judicial appointments, has not said what action he might take regarding White.

24.   He has declined to apply an abortion litmus test to judicial appointments.

25.   Hatch threatened to slowdown Senate consideration of judicial appointments and White House requests for spending authority.

26.   He cited his hiring on judicial appointments.

27.   He put his party back into credible play by his moderation, as reflected, for instance, in uncommonly sound judicial appointments.

28.   He insists that he will not apply an anti-abortion litmus test to his Supreme Court and other judicial appointments, as the plank demands.

29.   He is retiring as county executive this year and is said to be under consideration for a judicial appointment by Gov. George Pataki.

30.   He presided over a large number of judicial appointments, generally resisting change and defending the existing rights of judges and lawyers.