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| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 2731277 United States02/15/2013 04:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Democrats also used the tactic on some of President George W. Bush's nominees, but the delays have been particularly long under Obama. Nearly half of Obama's nominees have waited for more than 100 days for confirmation votes, while less than 10 percent of Bush's waited that long, according to White House figures. Most of the Bush nominees were approved in less than a month after clearing the Senate Judiciary Committee, the White House said. Michael L. Shenkman, a fellow at the Center for Law and Politics at Columbia Law School who worked on Obama's judicial nominations team in the first two years of his presidency, calculated that district judge vacancies across the country represented more than 275 lost years of judicial work and $160 million in wasted public resources during Obama's first term. |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 2731277 United States02/15/2013 04:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "Having an empty bench means people don't get their cases heard," Shenkman said, adding that federal law requires judges to give priority to criminal cases, so civil cases can face repeated delays. "It makes litigation more frustrating and more expensive." Nationwide, 90 out of 874 federal judgeships are vacant, with 31 of those vacancies labeled emergencies by the judiciary because of heavy caseloads. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved 13 of Obama's nominees Thursday. White House press secretary Jay Carney argues that the judges approved by the committee are "extremely well-qualified" and "reflect the president's unprecedented commitment to a judiciary that reflects the nation it serves." The group of 13 includes eight women, six minorities and one openly gay candidate. "This needless delay is unacceptable, and these nominees deserve immediate consideration by the full Senate," Carney said. |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 2731277 United States02/15/2013 04:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They point to Wednesday's confirmation of William Kayatta of Maine to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston. Kayatta's nomination a year ago was supported by both of Maine's Republican senators. But other Republicans in the Senate refused to agree to a vote because of election-year politics, so Obama had to renominate Kayatta again this year, even though he ultimately won confirmation without much controversy and with 88 votes in support. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 17845378 United States02/15/2013 10:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Don't forget we have the secret courts now. These will be used more and more. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1357030 When the regular courts struck down Hitler's violation of the German constitution, he simply set up a separate, parallel court system that rubber stamped whatever he did. Secret courts? Or just courts that they do their own thing without letting us know? |
The Right Policy  User ID: 31219881 United States02/15/2013 10:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 0bama is the first sitting president to be a total evil prick full of fail and simply a godam moran The Right Policy is Always Conservative "The danger to America is not Barack Obama, but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America . Blaming the prince of fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools, such as those who made him their President." - Vaclav Klaus |
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