Circumvented the Senate and made a recess appointment of William Pryor to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. Pryor has stated that Roe v. Wade was "the worst abomination of constitutional law in our history.”

 Nominated James Leon Holmes to the federal bench. Holmes has served as the president of Arkansas Right to Life, advocated for an Arkansas constitutional amendment to ban abortion completely, and wrote "the woman is to subordinate herself to her husband."

 Several Bush nominees, such as Janice Rogers Brown and Michael McConnell, have trivialized the harm caused by sexual harassment, written articles or briefs arguing for weaker sexual harassment laws, and dismissed sexual harassment cases from court.

 Bush nominated ultra-conservative Charles Pickering to a Fifth Circuit seat. Pickering testified at his confirmation hearing that he deliberately threw out cases alleging sex or race discrimination on the job, automatically assuming they lacked merit.

John Kerry:

 Voted against the confirmation of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court.

 Although he was absent for the vote on the nomination of Charles Pickering, Kerry called the nomination "a slap in the face to every American who truly cares about civil rights and justice."

Ralph Nader:

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