1.   He was also a member of the board of the American Society of Newspaper Editors and served for several years as a Pulitzer Prize nominating judge.

2.   Republicans frequently withheld the slips to block President Clinton from nominating Democratic judges to the bench.

3.   The recommendations, among other things, call for disbanding the current Judicial Nominating Council and appointing a commission to study the process for nominating judges.

4.   Off campus, Peterson served on several civic committees dealing with everything from nominating federal judges to investigating conditions at the state prison.

5.   Another commission takes up administrative matters, including appointments of governors, police and security staff, while the justice commission is responsible for nominating Islamic judges.