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Issue:
Rebecca Haywood
Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
President Obama nominated Rebecca Ross Haywood of Pennsylvania to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on March 15, 2016. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) blocked a hearing for Rebecca Haywood's nomination to be the first African-American woman on the Third Circuit. Sen. Toomey refused to submit his home-state Senator “blue slip” to allow a hearing to fill a Pennsylvania seat even though Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) submitted his and North Dakota and Wisconsin Republican senators submitted theirs for Eighth Circuit and Seventh Circuit nominees the Committee held hearings on in 2016 and sent to the Floor. See Commentary on this nominee. The Nomination was returned to the President on January 3, 2017.
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 Sen. Toomey's position was in stark contrast to his many fellow Republican Senators who worked with the Obama White House and filled all court vacancies in their states and those who continued to do so throughout 2016: 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) These Republican Senators Want Their Judicial Nominees Confirmed. Majority Leader McConnell Isn’t Listening. (Medium, 08/04/16) Toomey Irked by Obama’s Third Circuit Nominee (Legal Intelligencer, 03/16/16) AFJ Commends President Obama for his Nomination of Rebecca Haywood to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Alliance for Justice (03/15/16)Civil and Human Rights Coalition Applauds Haywood Judicial Nomination, Calls for an End to Republican Blockade on Judges, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (03/15/2016)Sen. Casey Statement on Nomination of Rebecca Ross Haywood for United States Court of Appeals Sen. Toomey’s Statement on the Nomination of Rebecca Haywood to the Third Circuit
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