Obama needs a fresh approach to naming judges

Senate Committee Approves 3 Judicial Nominees

Second appeals court invalidates Obama’s NLRB recess appointments

G.O.P. Delays on Nominees Raise Tension | NYT

Dems, GOP clash again over Perez nomination

Obama asks SCOTUS to review recess appointments ruling

8th Circuit Judge Gets Quick Confirmation

NH governor creates judicial selection commission

Senate Republicans Request Delay in Perez Nomination

    National Review: In the letter, nine Republicans on the HELP committee, including ranking member Lamar Alexander (R., Tenn.) and Rand Paul (R., Ky.), ask that the mark-up occur later than Wednesday, when it is currently scheduled, saying that the nomination is “premature for consideration because there are a number of requests for information that remain outstanding.”


  • Posted: 04/22/2013
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  • Category: Bench & Bar
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court opening could empower Senate Democrats

ABA Descends on Washington for Lobbying Push

What’s Behind all Those Judicial Vacancies Without Nominees? | Brookings

    Russell Wheeler at Brookings: Last week, Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Charles Grassley (R-IA.), said “we hear a lot about the vacancy rates. There are currently 86 vacancies for federal courts. But of course, you never hear the President mention the 62 vacancies that have no nominee. That is because those 62 vacancies represent nearly 75 percent of the total vacancies.”


  • Posted: 04/18/2013
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  • Category: Bench & Bar
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  • Source: www.brookings.edu

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Perez Challenged at Confirmation Hearing

Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin reach deal on nominating federal judges

President and Congress must act to fill judicial vacancies | ABA President at the Hill

    The Hill: The judicial appointment process has been broken for two decades. Through the first two centuries of our republic, the Senate was renowned as the world’s greatest deliberative body, the home of lawmakers and statespeople who understood not only the impact of soaring rhetoric but also the value of collaboration and compromise. Senators assiduously exercised their authority to provide advice and consent on judicial nominations.


  • Posted: 04/18/2013
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  • Category: Bench & Bar
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  • Source: thehill.com

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Thomas Perez Versus Religious Liberty | Ed Whelan at NRO

Republican Effort to Unpack the Court

House committee debates bill to pause NLRB

Easy Hearing for Obama’s Choice for Court

Showdown on the D.C. Circuit Court

Obama nominates new NLRB members as House threatens to halt board actions

Senate Approves New Jersey Judge For Appeals Court

NY: 1st black woman picked for court

How controversial are President Obama’s judicial nominees? | Washington Post

Obama seeks to shift conservative tilt of key court

Obama Pushes Republicans to Stop Blocking Judicial Picks

D.C. Circuit nominee wins backers

Judicial Vacancies Languish On Key Federal Appeals Court | NPR

Confirmation Hearing Set for D.C. Circuit Nominee

PA: Merit selection will make picking judges more political, not less: As I See It

Judges, Politics and George Soros: Judicial selection shouldn’t be left to the lawyers guild.

Jackson Confirmed as D.C. Federal Court Judge

White House withdraws Halligan Nomination

Obama Recess Picks Meet Skepticism From Appeals Judges

Senate Judiciary Committee approves nomination of Jane Kelly as next 8th Circuit appeals judge

Schumer On Judicial Appointees: We Will Change the Rules to ‘Fill up The DC Circuit’

PA: Don’t give up your right to elect judges

Obama nominee for Labor secretary could face questions on New Black Panther testimony

Obama Nominates Justice Official Thomas Perez To Top Labor Slot

On Judicial Confirmations — History and Numbers

    Jonathan Adler at the Volokh Conspiracy: Partisans in judicial nomination fights like to play the victim. As each side tells it, obstruction of judicial nominees is all the other side’s fault. Each act of contemporary obstruction is justified by some act of obstruction that came before. The reality, however, is that there are no clean hands in these fights any more. For over twenty-five years the two parties have been engaged in an escalating game of tit-for-tat. Each time the tables are turned, the opposition party retaliates in kind, and then some. Given the reactions to my post yesterday on judicial nominations, I thought it would be worth recounting the history (as I have before) — with the relevant data — and then to explain what it means. I’ll follow this up with a post on what I think should be done, in light of this history, to end the obstruction of judicial nominees.


  • Posted: 03/14/2013
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  • Category: Bench & Bar
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  • Source: www.volokh.com

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Obama To Senate Dems: We Need Solution To GOP’s Confirmation Filibusters

Recess appointments issue on way to Court

NRLB Skips En Banc Review of Recess Appointments Case; Heads Straight for Supremes

Nominating Commission Accepting Applications for D.C. Federal Court Vacancy

The NYT‘s Selective History on Judicial Filibusters | Jonathan Adler at Volokh Conspiracy

The Laboratory of Judicial Nominations | David Fontana at Huffington Post

After 17 Months, Senate Confirms New Federal Circuit Judge

Obama’s Judicial Payback: Republicans adopt filibuster tactics that Democrats pioneered

Butte native considered for federal judgeship – Sen. Baucus to recommend Brian Morris

Reports: Obama picks civil rights lawyer for Labor secretary

Nev. Federal Judge Nominee Withdraws Amid Impasse

Senate Mostly Blamed For Agency And Court Vacancies, But Obama Isn’t Helping

    NPR: It’s not solely Senate Republicans who are to blame for the headless government. Obama has failed to put forward nominees for some posts, and Light says the president is “moving at a snail’s pace” to make other nominations. Light says the administration also has “the longest questionnaire in the presidential history for vetting people who might become nominees. It’s brutal.” That serves to discourage some people from wanting to become nominees in the first place.


  • Posted: 03/08/2013
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  • Category: Bench & Bar
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Former Justice Pens History Book About The Court

Senate vote will reignite battles over judiciary nominees

Senate Republicans Block Obama Court Nominee – Caitlin J. Halligan

White House pushes for vote on contentious D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals nominee

“Senate confirms first openly gay Asian-American to federal bench” | Washington Blade

Reid Urges Senate GOP to Give D.C. Circuit Nominee a Confirmation Vote

Pro-Lifers Oppose Obama Pro-Abortion Judicial Pick Caitlin Halligan

Obama pushing to diversify federal judiciary amid GOP delays

Americans United for Life Action Calls for NO Vote on Caitlin Halligan to the U.S. Court of Appeals in what will be a Scored Vote on Life

Texas Judges Must Face Voters Without Heeding Politics

Senate Committee Approves Three District Court Nominees

Circuit Nominee Enjoys Extra Friendly Reception at Senate Committee Hearing

10th Circuit: Robert E. Bacharach confirmed as federal appeals court judge

UK: Trio of judicial appointments to the Supreme Court

Tennessee Senate Passes Judicial-Selection Amendment

Obama Attempting To Change Face Of The Judiciary

UK: Supreme court denies government pressure to select a woman

Inventory of Posts on D.C. Circuit Nominee Caitlin Halligan

New Judge Confirmed to the First Circuit

Reid challenges GOP to filibuster Hagel nomination for Pentagon

Barack Obama’s choice for CIA chief ‘converted to Islam’ former FBI agent claims

“Obama nominates openly gay lawyer for patent appeals court”