Disability Rights Groups Blast Pryor Confirmation Vote
WASHINGTON, DC May 12 2005-- After the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 10-8 to confirm the nomination of William Pryor to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, ADA Watch's Jim Ward blasted the party-line vote as "a sad betrayal," calling Pryor "one of the chief architects of an ongoing assault aagainst protections for the rights of tens of millions of Americans with disabilities."