Federal Judiciary

Some Progress on Judges?

By Curt Levey

The decision by Senate Republicans to ratchet up the pressure on Democrats to end their obstruction of circuit court nominees may be bearing some fruit. Speaking on the Senate floor, Majority Leader Reid just said that he and his colleagues will "do our best to approve 3 circuit judges by Memorial Day." No specific names were mentioned, so the devil will be in the details. I assume—or a least hope—that the ABA can't process Helene White fast enough to make her one of the three.

Full post as published by ConfirmThem on April 15, 2008 (boomark / email).