DeMint opposing SC nominee for federal bench

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March 16, 2012

South Carolina: Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) has declared that he will not vote to confirm a federal court nominee from his home state as part of a protest against President Obama's controversial appointments made over the winter recess. The move is an unusual one for a home state senator. DeMint previously voted to confirm two of Obama's judicial choices from South Carolina.

Mary Geiger Lewis, the current nominee, is an attorney in Columbia and has been nominated to the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. She would fill the seat vacated by Henry Floyd[1] and was nominated one year ago.[2] She received an 11-6 vote from the Senate Judiciary Committee. The vote was along party lines, with Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) joining the Democrats to vote in her favor.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ White House Press Release "Nominations Sent to the Senate" March 16, 2011
  2. ↑ White House Press Release "President Obama Nominates Two to the United States District Court," March 16, 2011
  3. ↑ McClatchy Newspapers "DeMint to oppose Columbia, S.C., lawyer as federal judge," March 8, 2012
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