On the Merits: The Records of Janice Rogers Brown and Priscilla Owen

In the highly charged fight over judicial nominations, two female judicial nominees –Janice Rogers Brown, a California Supreme Court justice nominated to the DC Circuit
Court of Appeals, and Priscilla Owen, a Texas Supreme Court justice nominated to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals – have taken center stage. While the headlines are likely to
focus on their gender, it is not enough to simply nominate women; what matters most is their records.