Original sentence: " The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (representing 180 national organizations) calls Owen a "judicial activist with a disturbing willingness to effectively rewrite or disregard the law.Citing descriptions like "dogmatic" (American Bar Association), "extreme" (New York Times), and "activist judge" (CivilRights.Justice Brown is the daughter of a sharecropper and retained her seat on California's highest court in 1998 by a 76% majority.Many believe the real concern for Democrats is not these individual nominees, but retaining some say on future Bush nominations to the Supreme Court.The Houston Chronicle had characterized Owen as "one of the most conservative" justices on "Texas' Republican-dominated top court.The Washington Times has questioned whether her views can reasonably be characterized as "extremist
Edited sentence: " The liberal advocacy group Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (representing 180 national organizations) calls Owen a "judicial activist with a disturbing willingness to effectively rewrite or disregard the law.Despite these credentials, the Houston Chronicle had characterized Owen as "one of the most conservative" justices on "Texas' Republican-dominated top court.In addition, it is debatable whether, upon a review of Justice Brown's judicial record, her views can reasonably be characterized as "extremist.Nevertheless, despite these claims from liberal editorial pages and groups, Justice Brown, the daughter of a sharecropper, retained her judgeship in a 1998 election in which 76% of Californians voted to let her remain on California's highest court.With descriptions like "dogmatic" (American Bar Association), "extreme" (New York Times), and "activist judge" (CivilRights