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Members of Texas judicial evaluation committee announced
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, both Texas Republicans, announced this week the members of the state’s bipartisan Federal Judicial Evaluation Committee. Cornyn The...
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Wis. senators to establish federal nominating commission
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin on Wednesday announced their agreement to establish the Wisconsin Federal Nominating Commission, in an effort to move federal...
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Lawmakers, groups applaud support for Srinivasan, but want other D.C. Circuit...
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — Federal lawmakers, special interest groups and the Obama administration, pleased with the unanimous support of Sri Srinivasan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District...
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Obama nominates four women to federal courts
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — President Barack Obama last week nominated four women to serve on four different federal courts. Obama On Thursday, Obama nominated Judge Carolyn McHugh to the U.S. Court...
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Law professor says Obama making a statement with three D.C. Circuit nominations
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — A University of Richmond law professor says President Barack Obama’s decision to make three, simultaneous nominations to one of the nation’s most important courts, albeit...
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Obama nominates three to serve on Calif., N.C. federal courts
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — President Barack Obama made three nominations to two different federal courts Thursday, in an effort to fill three judicial emergencies. A judicial emergency is defined...
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Obama nominates four to Mich. federal court
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — President Barack Obama’s picks for four open spots on a Michigan federal court are in. Obama On Thursday, Obama nominated Miller Canfield partner Matthew Frederick...
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Obama nominates three to federal circuits, another six to federal districts
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — President Barack Obama made six federal district court nominations and three federal circuit court nominations Thursday, just one week after making six federal district...
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ABA approves resolution in support of legislation authorizing judgeships
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) — The American Bar Association has approved a resolution in support of legislation authorizing permanent and temporary judgeships. The ABA’s House of Delegates, the...
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Ariz. SC rejects new judicial merit selection law
TUCSON, Ariz. (Legal Newsline) — The Arizona Supreme Court, in a ruling last week, overturned a new law that changes the selection process for judicial candidates in the state. In its eight-page...
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Obama nominates Harvard Law professor to federal appeals court
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — President Barack Obama has nominated David Jeremiah Barron, a Harvard Law professor, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Obama announced the nomination...
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Shutdown delays vote on D.C. Circuit nominee, others
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — The government shutdown has delayed a committee vote on Robert Leon Wilkins, President Barack Obama’s third nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of...
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Reid files cloture on D.C. Circuit nominee
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed cloture Monday on the nomination of Patricia Millett to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Millett...
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Reid: GOP using ‘convenient but flawed’ arguments to hamstring D.C. Circuit
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid spoke on the importance of confirming Patricia Millett, one of President Barack Obama’s nominees to the U.S. Court of...
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Retired SC justice among those to serve on N.J. bar association’s judicial...
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (Legal Newsline) — A retired state Supreme Court justice is among those who will serve on a New Jersey State Bar Association task force formed to address the “ongoing threats” to...
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Senate GOP blocks Watt, Millett nominations
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked the nominations of U.S. Rep. Melvin Watt to head the Federal Housing Finance Authority and Patricia Millett to the U.S. Court of...
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Obama nominates former Mo. SC judge to federal court — 14 years after failed...
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — On Thursday, President Barack Obama nominated Ronnie L. White to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri — 14 years after he was deprived of the job....
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Senate expected to vote next week on second D.C. Circuit nominee
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — A confirmation vote is expected next week on U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit nominee Cornelia “Nina” Pillard. Pillard Senate Majority Leader...
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Senate Republicans block second D.C. Circuit nominee
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — Senate Republicans again have blocked one of President Barack Obama’s nominees to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Pillard For the second...
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Interest groups contend Republicans ‘abusing’ Senate rules in blocking...
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — Special interest groups decried Senate Republicans for holding up the nomination of Cornelia “Nina” Pillard to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia...
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