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A New Push on Federal Judicial Nominees

By Steve Hall

The BLT reports, "Obama's Lawyer Previews New Push to Confirm Judges."  It's posted by David Ingram. In a rare public appearance, White House Counsel Robert Bauer pleaded today for senators to allow confirmation votes on more of President Barack Obama's judicial nominees. Bauer ... spoke at an event organized by the liberal American Constitution Society and echoed what members of both parties have said for years, that the Senate confirmation process is broken. He said the Obama administration wants to move past debates about who?s at fault for delays and find a way to get nominees up-or-down votes. ?In this new Congress, we will continue to make the case for treating the confirmation of judges as the priority, the urgent priority, that it is...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 02, 2011 (boomark / email).