Court vacancies erode our system of justice

Carl Tobias, Williams Professor at the University of Richmond Law School, writing at My San Antonio: “[T]he judiciary has 99 openings out of the 858 appeals and district court judgeships. These vacancies, which are 11 percent of the positions, erode the delivery of justice. When the 111th Senate’s second session returns in January, President Barack Obama should promptly nominate, and the Senate must expeditiously confirm, lower court judges, so that the bench will be at full strength.”