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"One Year: Where Are the Judges?"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this little piece by Jeffrey Toobin that's part of a New Yorker review of President Obama's first year. Here are snippets: It?s an understatement to say that President Obama has had a busy agenda in his first year in office, so it may sound churlish to complain about something he hasn?t done.  But to me the most surprising aspect of Obama?s first year has been his failure to take full advantage of one the great opportunities available to any President: the chance to nominate federal judges. When Obama took office, there were more than a hundred vacancies on the federal appeals and district courts. One year into his tenure, Obama has made only thirty-one appointments to those courts, and just twelve have been confirmed...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 20, 2010 (boomark / email).