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Kathryn Ruemmler: Judicial System Continues to Fall Victim to Republican Obstruction
Despite Ms. Halligan's extraordinarily strong record, Republicans filibustered her nomination -- refusing to allow for a simple up-or-down vote.
Stop Obama by any means necessary partisan bullshit.
Despite Ms. Halligan's extraordinarily strong record, Republicans filibustered her nomination -- refusing to allow for a simple up-or-down vote.
Worse still, even consensus judicial nominees are being needlessly delayed by the Senate Republicans. There is a vacancy crisis in our courts, and it could be cut by more than a quarter if the Senate would simply confirm the nominees who already have been approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee. In addition to Ms. Halligan, 20 nominees have been approved by the Judiciary Committee after thorough consideration, but have been waiting -- many for months -- to be confirmed. Seventeen of these judicial nominees have been approved unanimously by the Judiciary Committee -- there is no stated opposition to their nominations, and no explanation has been provided for why they cannot be confirmed immediately. On average, President Obama's judicial nominees have waited five times as long as President Bush's judicial nominees to be confirmed after receiving Judiciary Committee approval.
Stop Obama by any means necessary partisan bullshit.