Obama Judicial Confirmation Statistics as of 01/02/2014

[Tx4obama]

Note: The following charts compare the rate and number of confirmations and nominations under the last three presidents at this point in year five of their respective presidencies. Charts also detail the racial and gender makeup of President Obama’s judicial appointments compared to his predecessors.

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More Charts, here: http://www.judicialnominations.org/statistics


THIS is one of the most important reasons we need a Democratic President in the White House

[joshcryer]

1. That helps explain why Clinton was considered the first black President.

I never did quite understand that, but that's cool.

Obama's female picks, likewise, are amazing, and really underscore why we need a Democratic President in the white house.

Progress one way, we should always fight for progress.

[Tx4obama]

2. And this week...

Obama Picks Staci Michelle Yandle, Black Lesbian Judge, For Federal Judgeship

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama prides himself on the diversity of his judicial picks. But on Thursday, he charted new territory by nominating Staci Michelle Yandle, who, if confirmed, would become the second-ever out black lesbian federal judge.

Obama picked Yandle, who has been in private practice for 20 years and runs an Illinois firm, for a slot on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. She would fill a seat being vacated by Judge John Phil Gilbert, who is taking senior status on March 15.

“I am pleased to nominate these distinguished individuals to serve on the United States District Court bench," Obama said of Yandle and a handful of other nominees he put forward Thursday. "I am confident they will serve the American people with integrity and a steadfast commitment to justice."

Yandle's nomination puts her on track to become the second openly lesbian African-American federal judge in the country. Judge Deborah Batts, nominated by President Bill Clinton, was sworn in as a federal judge in Manhattan in June 1994. Batts took senior status in April 2012.

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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/16/obama-black-lesbian-judicial-nominee_n_4612412.html

Judge Deborah Batts was our the nation's first openly LGBT, African-American federal judge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Batts

So, it's been almost 20 years from when Batts was sworn in June 1994, to Yandle's nomination January 16, 2014.

[Ellipsis]

4. a threefer!

I met her at a friends, very nice woman.

[Tx4obama]

3. Obama's the first to get an openly gay 'Federal Circuit Court of Appeals' judge 'confirmed'

Todd Hughes

On February 7, 2013, President Obama nominated Hughes to serve as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, to the seat vacated by Judge William Curtis Bryson who took senior status on January 7, 2013. He received a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 19, 2013, and was reported to the floor of the Senate on July 18, 2013, by voice vote. The Senate confirmed his nomination on September 24, 2013, by a vote of 98 ayes to 0 nays. He received his commission on September 24, 2013. Hughes is the first openly gay judge on a federal circuit court. Obama previously nominated another gay lawyer, Edward C. DuMont, to the same court, but DuMont withdrew his name when it became clear that his nomination was not going to proceed in the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_M._Hughes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_first_LGBT_holders_of_political_offices_in_the_United_States#Judicial

[Cha]

5. Thanks Tx~

[Drunken Irishman]

6. Obama rocks.