A Price Too High: The Judiciary in Jeopardy
by Judge Charles W. Pickering
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ISBN 0-9745376-9-1
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317 pages
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Appears in: City Journal
Reviewed by: Harry Stein
Publication: city-journal.org
Charles Pickering Gets the Last Word
Mention the name Charles Pickering to anyone but the most committed news junkie, and you’re apt to get a blank look or, at best, one of dim recognition. In the era of the 24-hour news cycle aimed at the ever-shortening attention span, the bitter Senate battles over the federal judiciary in which Pickering played so dramatic a part a few years back can seem like ancient history.
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Monday, September 10, 2007
Appears in: Laurel Leader Call
Written by: Brandon Fincher
Pickering to give guest lecture at JCJC
Former federal judge and Jones County native Charles Pickering is returning to his alma mater of Jones County Junior College Tuesday, Sept. 18, for a free lecture and book signing for students and the general public. Read entire article
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Appears in: Hattiesburg American
A Price Too High
Former federal judge Charles Pickering of Jones County is the author of “A Price Too High,” which details the fight in Washington, D.C., over his nomination to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Pickering’s nomination by President Bush was caught in a bloody fight between Democrats and Republicans. Democrats and various special interest groups tagged Pickering as a racist, even though he had the support of many prominent African-Americans in Mississippi. Read entire article
September 19, 2007
Appears in: Hattiesburg American
Pickering to Speak at JCJC
Retired federal Judge Charles Pickering will speak at the Jones County Junior College Fine Arts Auditorium at 10 a.m. today. Read entire article
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Appears in: Hattiesburg American
Written by: David McRaney
Ex-federal judge Pickering speaks to JCJC group
Jones County Junior College kicked off its Phi Theta Kappa lecture series Tuesday with a visit from Charles Pickering.
The retired federal judge spoke to the inaugural class of the newly formed Charles Pickering Honors Institute at JCJC about the turmoil surrounding his failed appointment to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a subject he has covered in a new book titled “A Price Too High: The Judiciary in Jeopardy.” Read entire article
Friday, September 21, 2007
Appears in: Laurel Leader Call
Written by: Kelly Atwood
Pickering Speaks at JCJC
Integrity and honor were the words most often used when Judge Charles Willis Pickering Sr. spoke to the crowd at Jones County Junior College.
The first speaker this year for the Rho Sigma Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa’s Honors Topic Lecture Series, Pickering spoke about his new book, A Price Too High: The Judiciary in Jeopardy. Read entire article
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Appears in: The Clarion-Ledger
Written by: Sid Salter
Judge Reflects on Ordeal
Seeing former state Court of Appeals Judge Leslie Southwick getting close to a Senate confirmation vote for the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, retired federal judge Charles W. Pickering must feel like Moses on the mountainside overlooking the land of Canaan. Read entire article
Monday, September 24, 2007
Appears in: Y’all Politics
Written by: Sid Salter
Judge Reflects on Ordeal
One particularly powerful chapter focuses on Judge Pickering’s March 28, 2004, interview on the CBS news magazine show 60 Minutes with veteran journalist Mike Wallace.
Wallace, feared by politicians and public officials for his ability to get to the truth regardless of the consequence, gave 16.74 million Americans a chance to get to know Pickering and hear what Mississippians had to say about the charges of racism lodged against him by Schumer, the People for the American Way and other critics. Read entire article