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"Senate Standstill to Let Obama or McCain Tip Balance on Courts"

"Senate Standstill to Let Obama or McCain Tip Balance on Courts": James Rowley of Bloomberg News has a report that begins, "An election-year standstill in Senate confirmation of George W. Bush's judicial nominees will give the next president a chance to tip the ideological balance of U.S. appeals courts that decide such issues as job discrimination, national security and pollution-cleanup disputes. The Democratic-controlled Senate has stopped filling vacancies on appeals courts, which in many respects have greater impact than the Supreme Court. The high court decides about 70 cases each year, while the 13 appellate courts issue thousands of rulings."

You can view a list of current federal judicial vacancies by clicking here, while a list of future vacancies can be viewed at this link.

The list of future vacancies reveals three additional federal appellate court vacancies that will be occurring in the months ahead. Seventh Circuit Judge Kenneth F. Ripple plans to take senior status on September 1, 2008. D.C. Circuit Judge A. Raymond Randolph plans to take senior status on November 1, 2008. And Eleventh Circuit Judge R. Lanier Anderson plans to take senior status on January 31, 2009.

Full post as published by How Appealing on August 07, 2008 (boomark / email).