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"Obama slowly puts his mark on federal courts"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this extended article at MSNBC discussing the slow increase in the number of federal circuit court judges appointed by President Obama.  Here are the basics: Democrats control the White House and have the largest congressional majorities enjoyed by a chief executive in decades. But President Barack Obama isn't off to a brisk pace when it comes to putting his imprint on the third branch of government ? the federal courts ? and some of his allies are disappointed, particularly with the prospect of a slimmed-down Senate majority after the midterm elections. At the highest level, the Supreme Court, Obama is already having a major impact. His first nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, was confirmed to the high court last year and his second, Elena Kagan, seems well on her way to confirmation...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 22, 2010 (boomark / email).