Obama Judges

Durbin Recommends Former GOP Rival's Brother For Federal Bench

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 09.07.2009 | Chicago


U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is recommending a most unusual name for a slot on the U. S. District Court bench in Chicago: the brother of the man he defeated ...

Specter Calls On Obama To Renominate 3 Bush Judges

DemConWatch | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics


Senate Judiciary ranking member Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) is calling on President Barack Obama to renominate a handful of former President George W. Bush'...

Obama's Chance To Reshape Courts: Four Dozen Openings

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — President-elect Obama will enter office with an immediate opportunity to begin shaping the federal courts by filling four dozen ope...

GOP Sen. Bond: Obama Wants Judges Who Empathize With "The Gay"

CBS News | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics


Taking the stage as one of the pre-program speakers at a Sarah Palin rally here in Rush Limbaugh's hometown, Sen. Kit Bond, R-Missouri, fired up the c...