1.   Moreover, the mating of a human being to the federal bench seems to produce an offspring that lives approximately for ever.

2.   Although Sen. Jacob Javits had nominated Trager to the federal bench, the nomination languished.

3.   Among other things, Ashcroft will be questioned closely on why he opposed the nomination of Judge Ronnie White, an African-American from Missouri, for the federal bench.

4.   Among the topics discussed was the languishing nomination to the federal bench of Judge Ronnie White, the first black person to serve on the Missouri Supreme Court.

5.   And equally important as the Supreme Court, experts say, are appointments to the lower-court federal benches.

6.   And he ridiculed the Texan for saying he would not demand that all his nominees to the federal bench share his opposition to abortion.

7.   As a senator, he blocked the elevation of a black judge to the federal bench.

8.   As a result, he said, Clinton did not create the liberal federal bench some in his party sought.

9.   Ashcroft again took sharp rebukes over his key role in sinking the nomination of Missouri Supreme Court Judge Ronnie White to the federal bench.

10.   Ashcroft is under fire most notably for his rejection of a black judge to the federal bench.