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President Obama’s Judges Are Confirmed More Than Three Times Slower Than Reagan’s Judges
Obama’s Judges Are Confirmed More Than Three Times Slower Than Reagan’s Judges
Over at Slate, Doug Kendall breaks down just how badly President Obama’s judicial nominees have been treated due to filibusters led by one or more Senate Republicans. “The average confirmation time for uncontroversial circuit court nominees rose from 64.5 days under Reagan to 227.3 days under Obama. . . . Similarly, the average waiting time for uncontroversial district court nominees increased from 69.9 days under Reagan to 204.8 days under President Obama. And the number of district court nominees who wait more than 200 days has doubled from George W.’s time to Obama’s.” Kendall uses the Congressional Research Service’s definition of an uncontroversial nominee to reach these numbers, which is a nominee who receives “little or no opposition when votes are actually cast in the Senate Judiciary Committee and on the Senate floor.”
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Full article, hyperlinks, and Charts here: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/09/28/924821/obamas-judges-are-confirmed-more-than-three-times-slower-than-reagans-judges/
