Litigation

Obama to Senate: ?We Need Judges?

By Peter Hardin

President Obama hasn’t talked much in public about judicial politics, but this week he spoke out about the importance of getting Senate confirmation votes on nominees who have long awaited them.

?Most of these folks were voted out of committee unanimously, or nearly unanimously, by both Democrats and Republicans,? Obama said, according to The Blog of Legal Times.

?Both Democrats and Republicans agreed that they were qualified to serve. Nevertheless, some in the minority have used parliamentary procedures time and again to deny them a vote in the full Senate.?

?If we want our judicial system to work, if we want to deliver justice in our courts, then we need judges on our benches,? Obama added. ?I hope that in the coming months, we?ll be able to work together to ensure a timelier process in the Senate.?

For the latest scorecard on Obama’s nominees and their confirmation in the Senate, see this recent Gavel Grab post.

Full post as published by The Gavel on July 28, 2010 (boomark / email).