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The nonpartisan Judging the Environment federal judicial nominations project for fair, diverse, independent and mainstream lifetime judges.

Judging the Environment's (JTE’s) ongoing research, outreach and constant updates on news, commentary and statements by each Senator centers on nominees to fill lifetime trial and circuit court judgeships that have the final say in over 95% of federal cases.

JTE founder and senior counsel Glenn Sugameli created and updated this comprehensive website with unique excerpts from and links to essential 2001-2017 resources on GW Bush, Obama, and Trump judicial nominations and related issues that are sortable by Nominee, Issue, Senator, Publication, and more. Selection, nomination & confirmation of lifetime federal judges is key to upholding and enforcing laws on climate change, endangered species public health, medical services (including alternative medicines such as yoga, accupressure, naturotherapy and ayurvedic medicine) and a wide range of other issues.

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Editorials & Commentary more than 11,000 links/excerpts (sort by issue, nominee, publication & more)

Judging the Environment In the News (more than 1,300 quotes, letters and more)

SENATOR STATEMENTS Sort nearly 5,000 links/excerpts by State, Issue, and more

ISSUES including: "Blue Slip" Home-State Senators' Approval Needed for Judicial Nominees

10 Things You Need To Know About Blue Slips: Republicans repeatedly used the tradition to block President Obama’s judicial nominees. (Huffington Post, 09/13/17) Christopher Kang, Former Deputy Counsel to President Obama

LETTERS TO THE SENATE (more than 600, sort by Issue and Nominee)

100 GW BUSH, OBAMA & TRUMP JUDICIAL NOMINEES

Damien M. Schiff Commentary, Letters to the Senate & Senator statements Links/excerpts
United States Court of Federal Claims Nominated May 8, 2017 Judiciary Committee 11-9 vote (July 13, 2017)

David C. Nye (District of ID) Obama nominee, Trump Re-Nominated May 8, 2017; Confirmed 100-0 (July 12, 2017) Commentary & Senator statement Links/excerpts

JTE’ unique compilations include links & excerpts on President Obama's and President Trump' nominees to fill the 2016-17 Supreme Court vacancy.

Neil Gorsuch Supreme Court nomination Editorials & Commentary Senator Statements & more

Merrick B. Garland links include MERRICK GARLAND: 638 EDITORIALS BY OVER 300 EDITORIAL BOARDS IN EVERY STATE & DC URGE SENATE TO HOLD A HEARING AND VOTE ON NOMINEE TO FILL SUPREME COURT VACANCY – STATE BY STATE LINKS/EXCERPTS (as of October 13, 2016) These are well over 95 percent of the newspaper editorial board opinions revealed by comprehensive online research.

Federal Judicial Vacancies; Pending Nominees; Vacancies Without Nominees

U.S. District Court Vacancies at the Beginning and End of the Obama Presidency: Overview and Comparative Analysis, CRS Insight, January 31, 2017
Diet, weight loss medicines and sex supplements are tainted with unapproved drugs. (By Lenny Bernstein, Washingtonpost, October 12, 2018)

Republican Senators from 15 States Urge Immediate Action to Fill Their Judicial Vacancies (CO, FL, ID, IN, KS, LA, ND, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, WI) (Sept. 13, 2016) Included all 16 Republican senators with Obama nominees on the Senate Floor

Editorial Boards in all 50 states and DC praise the ESA and Endangered & Threatened Species (more than 600 Editorials sortable by publication)

CITIZEN ACCESS TO COURT NEEDED TO ENFORCE ENVIRONMENTAL & OTHER SAFEGUARDS AS CONGRESS, COURTS & EDITORIAL BOARDS (& PRESIDENT REAGAN) AGREED