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Democrats Will Try to Smoke Out GOP on Nominations

jjerome — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:06:19 +0000

Looking to test Republicans’ resolve to block nominations, Senate Democrats are planning to hold votes on judicial and administration picks before the Presidents Day holiday.

Sen. Leahy on Judicial Nominations

jjerome — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:08:27 +0000

Sen. Leahy on Judicial Nominations

Our Views: Nominees need vote

jjerome — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:57:28 +0000

In an election year — right in the Capitol — President Barack Obama took dead aim at one of America’s institutions that is in far worse shape in the polls than he is: Congress itself.

Crying wolf: Lee’s bent view of the Constitution

jjerome — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:46:32 +0000

Mike Lee is crying wolf. The junior senator from the state of Utah has gone all ballistic over the fact that President Obama has a marginally different interpretation of the Constitution than he does.

Obama could alter stance of federal appeals courts

jjerome — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:36:32 +0000

Despite his slow start in nominating judges and Republican delays in Senate confirmations, Obama has still managed to alter the balance of power on four of the nation’s 13 circuit courts of appeals. Given a second term, Obama could have the chance to install Democratic majorities on several others.

Act with dispatch to ease federal courts’ vacancy burden

jjerome — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:34:46 +0000

Recent attacks on judges and the courts by various candidates for office have at least raised the visibility of the role of the judiciary in American society. Unfortunately, the picture is not a promising one.

Senate GOP: Activist Federal Judges Wanted

jjerome — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:29:31 +0000

The gang that decries “judicial activism” at every opportunity now wants the federal courts to activate on their behalf to broker a political dispute between the executive and legislative branches.

Act with dispatch to ease federal courts’ vacancy burden

jjerome — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:20:33 +0000

Fix confirmation process: Merkley’s proposal would expedite nominations

jjerome — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:26:01 +0000

Both parties — and the nation — would benefit from a curtailment of the filibuster abuses that have made a mockery of the concept of majority rule and the Senate’s constitutional obligation to provide advice and consent on presidential nominations.

Internal Affairs: Politics be damned — Feinstein opts for a Republican judge

jjerome — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:23:07 +0000

Sen. Dianne Feinstein has chucked partisan politics aside in choosing a potential successor to San Jose U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel. Feinstein has forwarded U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal’s name to the White House. Grewal, 40, is a Republican, which may come in handy in a presidential election year, when federal judge nominations tend to grind to a halt in the Senate amid partisan bickering. Senate Republicans may be less inclined to stand in Grewal’s way.