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HOME-STATE GOP SENATOR STATEMENTS SUPPORTING PENDING JUDICIAL NOMINEES (2011-12)

Statement by the President on Republican Filibuster of Caitlin Halligan & Obstruction of Other Judicial Nominees (12/06/2011)

Letter from 76 organizations urging the Senate to continue to work together in a bipartisan fashion to proceed with prompt confirmation votes on judicial nominees who have been approved by the Committee on the Judiciary (02/15/11)

 President Obama’s judicial nominees, including:

Paul Watford Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals

Andrew Hurwitz Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals

Caitlin Halligan D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals 54-45 vote (short of the 60 votes needed) to end a filibuster

Goodwin Liu Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals WITHDRAWN

Edward Chen: N.D. Ca. CONFIRMED
 
John J. "Jack" McConnell, Jr. (D. RI.) CONFIRMED

Elena Kagan Supreme Court CONFIRMED 63-37 (08/05/2010) 

Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court CONFIRMED 68-31 (08/07/2009)

45 Environmental & Conservation Groups’ Letter Supporting Elena Kagan Confirmation (08/03/10)

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Editorials and Opinion

 

Josh Brodesky: Kyl stonewalls judge-in-waiting (Arizona Daily Star, 05/17/12)

Fix judge shortage (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [PA] , 05/17/12)

Editorial: Rochester district court nominee deserves vote; Geraci nomination can't be left to languish in Senate (Democrat and Chronicle [NY] , 05/16/12)

The Failure of the American Experiment (Naples Daily News [FL] , 05/15/12)

Senate filibuster makes Washington unaccountable (Atlanta Journal Constitution, 05/15/12)


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Nominees

 
Stephanie Rose (S.D. Iowa)

Nominated 03/14/12
Andrew Hurwitz
Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
Nominated 11/02/11
Jesse M. Furman (S.D.N.Y.)

Confirmed 02/17/12
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 Overview of Bush Nominees (PDF)

Issues

 
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