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Sen. Hatch to give law ethics talk

Cougar News Services

U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), who oversaw the federal judicial confirmation hearings last year as chairman of the confirmation committee, will be on campus Monday for a lecture sponsored by the UH Law Center.

President Bushis nominations of Miguel Estrada and Priscilla Owen drew criticism because the judges are conservative. Owen was rejected and re-nominated; Estradais nomination has been stalled in the Senate.

Hatch, who was elected to the Senate in 1976 after defeating a three-term incumbent, serves concurrently on the Finance Committee and the Select Committee on Intelligence. In 1999, Hatch also tried, but failed, to become a presidential candidate. 

Hatch's lecture, "The Ethics of Federal Judicial Nomination and Confirmation," is the fourth annual Ruby Kless Sondock Lecture in Legal Ethics. It will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in the Moores Opera House and is free to the public, though interested parties should call 713-743-2255 to secure tickets.
 

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