Senator Leahy press release: Senate Recesses Without Confirming Judicial Nominees

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September 30, 2010

WASHINGTON (Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010) – The Senate Wednesday night recessed until after the November elections without confirming any of the 23 judicial nominations pending on the Executive Calendar. One nomination, Fourth Circuit nominee Albert Diaz, was unanimously reported by the Judiciary Committee more than eight months ago, but Senate Republicans have yet to give consent to schedule a vote on his nomination. Seventeen of the 23 judicial nominations pending on the calendar were reported by the Committee unanimously.

“The Senate is well behind the pace set by a Democratic Majority in the Senate considering President Bush’s nominations during his first two years in office,” Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said in a statement. “Republicans have allowed the Senate to consider and confirm only 41 of President Obama’s circuit and district court nominations over the last two years. In stark contrast, by this date in President Bush’s second year in office, the Senate with a Democratic majority had confirmed 78 of his Federal circuit and district court nominations. That number reached 100 by the end of 2002, all considered and confirmed during the 17 months I chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee.”

The Senate has taken more than five times longer to confirm circuit court nominations after being favorably reported by the Judiciary Committee than it did in the first Congress of the Bush administration. The Senate has taken three times longer to confirm district court nominations after being favorably reported by the Judiciary Committee.

“Last year the Senate confirmed only 12 Federal circuit and district court judges, the lowest total in 50 years,” Leahy said. “This year we have yet to confirm 30 Federal circuit and district judges. We are not even keeping up with retirements and attrition. As a result, judicial vacancies are, again, over 100 and, again, more than 10 percent. This trend should alarm the American people who expect justice from the Federal courts.”

http://leahy.senate.gov/press/press_releases/release/?id=0d5fa81a-14aa-4902-9639-eee559ce10d6

[bluethruandthru]

1. This needs to come to an end.

Something has to be done to stop the obstructionism.

[rurallib]

2. Republicans in the senate have pulled every trick to ruin government

and for this the American people seem poised to reward them.

[RedCloud]

3. And for blabbing insanity for years.

[Tansy_Gold]

4. Don't tell me, Pat. Tell Harry Reid. Light a fire under that

spineless little jellyfish and tell him to stand up to the goddamned pukes. Call their bluff. Don't give in to them, for crying out loud. DON'T GIVE IN TO THEM.


What will it take for the Dems to grow some backbone? Mitch McConnell wants to send all the nominees back to the President? Let him! LET HIM!! Let all the responsibility for the stalemate and the gridlock be on the heads of the goddamned GOP.

The Dems have to stop being battered spouses, defending and enabling their abusers. Get up. Walk out. Let 'em stew in their own bitter juice.



Tansy Gold, sick and fucking tired of wimpy dems

[Tx4obama]

5. K & R n/t