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Bush nominates Bybee again for federal bench

Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2003 | 11 a.m.

Jay Bybee, a former law professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, is among the 30 people nominated for federal judge positions Tuesday by President Bush. The nominees must be confirmed by the Senate.

Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., recommended Bybee to Bush early last year for a seat on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which considers federal appeals cases from nine states, including Nevada.

Bush initially nominated Bybee in May, but he was among the nominees who were not approved by the Democrat-controlled Senate before Congress adjourned last month. Republicans control the Senate now. Bybee has the support of Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev.

Bybee was a professor at the Boyd Law School until he was nominated by Bush and confirmed by the Senate in 2001 to serve as assistant attorney general in the office of legal counsel at the Justice Department.

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