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Senator Burr (R) stalling N.C. judicial appointment
Sen. Burr stalling N.C. judicial appointment
Jennifer May-Parker could make history as the first African-American U.S. District Court judge in the 44-county Eastern District of North Carolina and fill a vacancy that is nearly eight years old.
That is, if she can ever make it there.
President Obama appointed May-Parker to the bench in late June. May-Parker is currently chief of the Appellate Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District.
Both Sens. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., and Richard Burr, R-N.C., must take a procedural step and return a so-called "blue slip" on the nominee prior to her getting a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The blue slip is a piece of paper essentially asking the home-state senators if they support moving forward with the process. It is not necessarily an endorsement of the nominee, but requiring the blue slips to be returned is a long held practice of the committee, according to a judiciary committee aide.
Hagan has returned hers, but Burr is holding up the process - something called "blue slipping."
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Full article here: http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20131106/ARTICLES/311064004?p=1&tc=pg