Obama nominates five for the federal courts - again
September 15, 2010
Washington, D.C.: On Monday, President Obama submitted the names of five federal court nominees again to the U.S. Senate. Before the Senate's recess, the five nominations were returned to the president without a vote. All five nominees have been supported by the Senate Judiciary Committee.[1]
The five nominees are: Louis Butler, Robert Chatigny, Edward Chen, Goodwin Liu and John McConnell.[1]
At a time when there are over 100 vacancies on the federal courts and anger over them keeps growing, both sides see Obama's action as politically motivated.[2] Some see the renomination as an unwillingness to cooperate with Republicans in the Senate[3], while other view it as a way to demonstrate the extreme partisanship of Senate Republicans before the midterm elections.[4]
Each of the five nominees will start the confirmation process anew, beginning with a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee.[5]
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The White House, Press Release: "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate," September 13, 2010
- ↑ United States Courts, Judges and Judgeships: Judicial Vacancies
- ↑ Fox News, "Obama Digs In on Judicial Nominees," September 13, 2010
- ↑ The Huffington Post, "Obama Renominates Five Stalled Judicial Appointees," September 13, 2010
- ↑ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, "Updated Agenda," September 16, 2010
