Judicial Nominees

Let's Make a Deal: The Judicial Nominations Battle Is Not Over

Nan Aron | Posted 05.15.2012

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Republicans have been engaged in relentless obstruction of Obama's judicial nominees at an unprecedented level. The 17 district court nominees at issue this week have been awaiting a final vote for a cumulative total of 3,628 days from the time they were proposed by the president until today.

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Senate Leaders Drop Standoff

AP | Posted 03.14.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Republican and Democratic leaders ended their standoff Wednesday over President Barack Obama's judicial nominations and agreed to...

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White House 'Strongly Supports' Judicial Nominations Effort

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 03.14.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) picked up a ringing endorsement from the White House on Tuesday for trying to force Republica...

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Harry Reid Forces Action On Stalled Judicial Nominees

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 03.12.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced Monday that he is moving forward with a package of stalled judicial nominees and ef...

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Obama Hits Senate Republicans For 'Obstructionism'

AP | By LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 12.06.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked President Barack Obama's nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, partly as payback for...

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Group Secretly Rating Obama Nominees Shrinks Number Of Women, Minorities For Judgeships

New York Times | Charlie Savage | Posted 11.23.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The American Bar Association has secretly declared a significant number of President Obama's potential judicial nominees "not qualified,...

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Democrats, Hoping To Break Through Impasse, Reach Deal On Three Judges

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In what Senate Democrats are hoping is a sign of forthcoming comity around the politics of filling judicial vacancies, Republicans have ...

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Reid To Test Informal Agreement With GOP, Pushing Judicial Nominees This Week

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The first effort to break through what White House counsel Bob Bauer called a cold war political standoff over judicial confirmations wi...

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Obama's Chief Counsel: A Cold War Political Crisis Is Endangering Judicial Nominees

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In an extremely rare public appearance on Tuesday, White House Counsel Bob Bauer attributed the "pernicious" crisis over the state of co...

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"Justice Can't Wait:" Judicial Selection in the First 10 Months of the Obama Administration

Nan Aron | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alliance for Justice has released a new report on judicial selection in the first ten months of the Obama administration.

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What Can We Expect Now that Sessions Leads Republicans on Judges?

Nan Aron | Posted 05.25.2011

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Who is Senator Sessions? He's has been an outspoken opponent of the Voting Rights Act, immigration reform, embryonic stem cell research, and a woman's right to choose.

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Catholics Shouldn't Trust McCain's Abortion Rhetoric

Kari Lundgren | Posted 05.25.2011

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In comparison to the plight of the unborn, what is the economy, poverty, labor rights, equal pay for equal work, or the war in Iraq? For some Catholic voters, it is crucial to choose a presidential candidate who would pick justices committed to overturning Roe v. Wade. But would McCain?

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