Judicial Commission Holds Rare Public Forum on Nomination Process

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Judicial Commission Holds Rare Public Forum on Nomination Process

Much of the judicial selection process for local courts in the District of Columbia takes place behind closed doors. Last night, members of the commission who vet judicial applicants took part in a rare public forum on the process of applying to be a judge.

The seven-person District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission, whose members are appointed by the mayor, D.C. Council, D.C. Bar, White House and chief judge of the city's federal court, considers applications to the local courts and recommends a short list to the White House for consideration. The president's nominee goes to the Senate for confirmation proceedings.

The commission releases the names of all applicants and the three lawyers it ultimately recommends to the White House for judgeships in the District of Columbia Superior Court and Court of Appeals. Otherwise, its proceedings are kept secret by law. Covington & Burling senior counsel Thomas Williamson Jr., who moderated last night's panel, said the event was part of a "deliberate effort to pull back the veil."

At least two dozen lawyers attended last night's panel, which was held at the D.C. Court of Appeals. In recent years, the commission has stepped up its public outreach, holding informational sessions about the application process and making more information available online.

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Full article here: http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2013/09/judicial-commission-holds-rare-public-forum-about-nomination-process.html

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1. Interesting

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2. Judges

The Radical Right has what is basic an ideologial army to conquer the American Judicial system in the 'Federalist Society'.

They a huge infrastructure, recruiting members, spreading their ideology, arranging networking and job placement, feeding the system for appointees.

Multiple right-wing Supreme Court justices have been members, it's the group Roberts 'forgot' he had been a member of in his confirmation until evidence he had been a leader came out.

Under Bush, the Federalist Societ replaced the ACLU as the official ranker of judicial nominees, a role the ACLU had done since Eisenhower.

The left has no such counterpart. And they've been very effecting at shifting our country's law to the right. All kinds of 5-4 right-wing decisions that were off-limited before.