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The State of Federal Judicial Nominations

By Steve Hall

We have several different reports examining the sad state of the U.S. Senate confirmation process for federal judicial vacancies.The Center for American Progress memo is titled, "Falling Off a Cliff: Judicial Confirmation Rates Have Nosedived in the Obama Presidency."  It was prepared by CAP policy analyst Ian Millhiser.  Judicial confirmations slowed to a trickle on the day President Barack Obama took office. Filibusters, anonymous holds, and other obstructionary tactics have become the rule. Uncontroversial nominees wait months for a floor vote, and even district court nominees?low-ranking judges whose confirmations have never been controversial in the past?are routinely filibustered into oblivion. Nominations grind to a halt in many cases even after the Senate Judiciary Committee has unanimously endorsed a nominee...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 30, 2010 (boomark / email).