Federal Judiciary

Heller Decision, WaPo Editorial on Confirmations

By AndrewHyman

Here's today's Second Amendment decision. Senator Obama's three model justices dissented. (UPDATE: and here's reaction from the presidential candidates).

And today the Washington Post has an editorial on confirmations. According to the Post, counting all pending judicial and non-judicial nominations, "Altogether, 394 nominees have waited a combined 52,122 days for confirmation." The Post elaborates:

In all the bickering, it's easy to forget that there are real people behind the numbers. They've answered invasive questions about their families and their finances. They've put their lives on hold and have declined opportunities to take jobs and earn more money in the private sector to be in public service. They deserve to be told once and for all whether their service is needed.

If their service isn't needed, then why not tell them?

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Full post as published by ConfirmThem on June 26, 2008 (boomark / email).