Obama Renominates Stalled Judicial Appointees

[vaberella]

Not backing down from the fairly taxing battle to fill some of the vacant ranks of the judiciary, President Obama has formally renominated five judges whose candidacies were previously derailed by Senate Republicans.

The White House announced late Monday afternoon that the following nominees have been sent back to the Senate Judiciary Committee for new hearings:

* Judge Robert Chatigny, who was originally nominated in February for a post on the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals;

* Judge Edward Chen, who was originally nominated in August 2009 for a post as a United States District Judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California;

* Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Louis J. Butler Jr., who was originally nominated in October 2009 to serve as federal judge for the Western District of Wisconsin;

* Associate Dean and Professor of Law at the University of California Goodwin Liu, who was nominated in February for a seat on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals;

* and Rhode Island lawyer John McConnell, who was nominated in March for a post on a Rhode Island district court.

Obama's decision to renominate these figures demonstrates that the White House is not just willing, but eager to spotlight the remarkably slow pace of its judicial confirmations. While the Senate did manage on Monday to confirm Jane Stranch, 71 to 21, to a seat on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, an unprecedented number of nominees are still waiting a full Senate vote after being approved by the Judiciary Committee.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/13/obama-renominates-stalled-judicial-appointees_n_715483.html

This counters the idea I've seen on DU that Obama, doesn't fight for his nominees.

[DontTreadOnMe]

1. If Obama has a backbone, he would have done RECESS APPOINTMENTS!

all of them... last year!

[dragonlady]

2. These would not be lifetime appointments

Note that recess appointments last only until the end of the next term of Congress. Judges confirmed in the usual way can serve for life.

[Hekate]

3. That is a crucial point. Absolutely crucial.

TY for bringing it up.

Hekate

[vaberella]

4. Recess appointments don't last, they're limited and he wanted to follow the law.

Get a clue. Not that recess appointments aren't the law, but he wanted the people in for good. I don't see how his feelings on this is on the wrong end.