He unsuccessfully ran for president in 1996 and endorsed [[Rudy Giuliani]] for president in 2007.
He unsuccessfully ran for president in 1996 and endorsed [[Rudy Giuliani]] for president in 2007.
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His primary [[conservative]] accomplishment -- perhaps his only such accomplishment -- was appointing [[Janice Rogers Brown]] to the California Supreme Court and ignoring [[liberal]] attempts to smear her as somehow unqualified. Judge Brown was subsequently appointed by President [[George W. Bush]] and confirmed by the [[U.S. Senate]] as a federal appellate judge on the [[D.C. Circuit]].