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Names starting to emerge for early Obama circuit court nominees

By Douglas A. Berman

This new article in the New York Times, headlined "Obama?s Court Nominees Are Focus of Speculation," starts naming some of the names that President Obama might name for federal circuit court positions. Here are excerpts from the article: President Obama will soon begin naming a small stream of nominees to the federal appeals courts, administration officials said, a step that will provide the first signs of how much he intends to impose any ideological stamp on the nation?s judiciary. White House lawyers have compiled lists of likely candidates for vacancies on several of the 12 regional appeals courts, notably those based in Richmond, Va., and New York.... To fill a seat that traditionally goes to someone from Maryland, officials said the White House was considering nominating Andre Davis, a District Court judge based in Baltimore...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 11, 2009 (boomark / email).