http://linkfilter.net Daily fresh links en-us http://linkfilter.net/images/newbutton.jpg http://linkfilter.net/ http://linkfilter.net/?id=79797 Anchoring the far-right end of a very conservative court, Priscilla Owen consistently supports big business and special interests against the claims of ordinary Americans. Before joining the court, Owen was a partner at the Houston firm Andrews & Kurth, where she represented primarily large corporations, including oil and pipeline interests. On the Texas Supreme Court, she has tended to distort or rewrite the law to reach desired results, voting consistently to dismiss the claims of injured workers and consumers and citizens wishing to protect the environment. In addition, prior to her nomination to the Fifth Circuit, she never voted to grant a minor a judicial bypass under Texas' Parental Notification Statute. The Houston Chronicle wrote that her "interpretations [in these cases] were generally stricter and more conservative than the majority of her all-Republican colleagues" on the court. Indeed, White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales, then a fellow Justice, called one of her dissents in a bypass case "an unconscionable act of judicial activism." &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - The judicial opinions of Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen are out of the mainstream—even by Texas’ standards. &nbsp; &nbsp; - Owen’s dissents came nearly twice as often as the average of all the court’s remaining justices. Since joining the Court, Owen has joined or authored 86 dissents. &nbsp; &nbsp; - The Texas court-watching publication Juris Publici calls Owen a “conservative judicial activist.” &nbsp; &nbsp; - Much of the money that financed Owen’s Supreme Court campaigns has been traced to Texans for Lawsuit Reform and the Texas Civil Justice League, groups lobbying to limit the civil liability of Texas businesses. &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/05/20030514-3.html">Here's what the White House has to say about her</a> Search linkfilter links q http://linkfilter.net/