Posted on January 9, 2003 by Paul Mirengoff

The renomination of Charles Pickering

The renomination of Charles Pickering to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has led to renewed attacks on the judge for his rulings in a 1994 cross-burning case in Mississippi. Here, Byron York of National Review examines the facts of that case and concludes that Pickering’s rulings were reasonable ones in a difficult case. If the facts are as York states them, I agree.

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