Litigation

Senate Judiciary votes out controversial judicial nominees

By Carter Wood

From today's business meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee:

• Kathleen M. O'Malley, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, Ordered Reported By Voice Vote
• Beryl A. Howell, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, Ordered Reported By Voice Vote
• Robert L. Wilkins, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, Ordered Reported By Voice Vote
• Edward M. Chen, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, Ordered Reported By Roll Call Vote, 12-7
• Louis B. Butler, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin, Ordered Reported By Roll Call Vote, 12-7
• John J. McConnell, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the District of Rhode Island, Ordered Reported By Roll Call Vote, 13-6
• Goodwin Liu, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Ordered Reported By Roll Call Vote, 12-7
• Robert N. Chatigny, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, Held Over

Full post as published by Point of Law on September 23, 2010 (boomark / email).