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Here's a collection of article about Judge Robert Chitigny, who's been nominated for the Second Circuit.  The main opposition against him seems to be purely political, but there's an interesting issue in his past that touches on legal ethics and which garnered him an honorable mention my Top Ten Legal Ethics Stories of 2005.  In a tense hearing where a lawyer was representing a so-called "death row volunteer," Judge Chatigny used very heavy-handed, threatening language to the lawyer -- which, depending on your point of view, was appropriate, appropriate given the extreme circumstances, less than ideal but excusable given the circumstances, or just plain over the line.  A panel of the Second Circuit, including Judge Michael Mukasey, reviewed Chatigny's conduct and, using some guarded and nuanced language, concluded that Judge Chatigny's behavior was reasonable and not motivated by bias.

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