Interview: Senator Arlen Specter on the judicial nomination and confirmation processNEAL CONAN
There are ways to accelerate the confirmation process. For example, shortcuts can be taken to ensure the floor time necessary for confirmations to ripen (as Senate Democratshave demonstrated before). Hearings can be expanded to include more nominees per panel. Recesses can be skipped to...
This article first briefly summarizes the issues that arise in the lower-court judicial confirmation process, and examines how the issues differ from those... ES Moritz 被引量: 3发表: 2006年 Q: Was the Senate Right to Removed the American Bar Association from the Judicial Nomination Process?
Barrett's confirmation process is likely to be a fierce political battle, as her appointment to the Supreme Court will further cement its conservative majority. The fight is set against the backdrop of the 2016 nomination of Judge Merrick Garland by then-President Barack Obama, w...
constitutional provisions—such as federal courts’ diversity jurisdiction over disputes between citizens of different states—anticipate that federal judges will transcend regional differences. Allowing regional differences to control the nomination process threatens to undermine those aims of uniformity and...
Nomination Process Supreme Court justices are appointed to their position for life. The procedure for appointing a justice is provided for by the Constitution (Article II, Section 2, clause 2), stating that the President “shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate,...
Since President Obama announced my nomination in May, I have received letters from people all over this country. Many tell a unique story of hope in spite of struggles. Each letter has deeply touched me. Each reflects a belief in the dream that led my parents to come to New York all tho...
The bill comes after Senate Democrats published a report claiming President Trump's outside judicial advisor, Leonard Leo, and his vast network have helped rig the nomination process.
“Hillary Clinton has committed acts that would have resulted in the prosecution of ordinary citizens,” hewroteon CNN.com. “During the Obama administration, the EPA became a lawless organ of federal power,” he hassaid. And his tweets,not disclosedin his Senate confirmation process, are an ...
TheconfirmationbattlesurroundingJudgeRobertH. Bark'sappointmenttotheSupremeCourtandhis subsequentdefeathaveprovokedanationaldebate abouttheprofessionalstandardsofthejudiciary. NothingintheBarknominationprocesscancompare inimportancetotheSenatehearings,perhapsthefirst ...