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Fearing a conservative jurist would replace Judge Stephen Reinhardt, the liberal lion of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a prominent progressive legal scholar quietly urged him to retire in the spring of 2014.
U.C. Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky approached Reinhardt just months before the 2014 midterm elections and suggested he retire, The New York Times reported Saturday.
Reinhardt refused the overtures. Months later, Republicans assumed control of the Senate, effectively ending former President Barack Obama’s judicial confirmations. President Donald Trump’s election forced the judge into an awkward actuarial battle, an increasingly common phenomenon as judicial appointments become highly politicized. He died on March 29 at 87.
Trump has named two nominees for the Ninth Circuit thus far: Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan Bounds was nominated for a seat in Oregon and former Hawaii Attorney General Mark Bennett for a seat in Hawaii. Neither has yet been confirmed.
Trump To Replace Liberal Lion Of The Ninth Circuit
On February 12, 2018, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Bennett to an undetermined seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. On February 15, 2018, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Bennett to the seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated by Judge Richard Clifton, who took senior status on December 31, 2016. His nomination is currently pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[3] A hearing on his nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee has been scheduled for April 11, 2018.[4]
Mark J. Bennett - Wikipedia
U.C. Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky approached Reinhardt just months before the 2014 midterm elections and suggested he retire, The New York Times reported Saturday.
Reinhardt refused the overtures. Months later, Republicans assumed control of the Senate, effectively ending former President Barack Obama’s judicial confirmations. President Donald Trump’s election forced the judge into an awkward actuarial battle, an increasingly common phenomenon as judicial appointments become highly politicized. He died on March 29 at 87.
Trump has named two nominees for the Ninth Circuit thus far: Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan Bounds was nominated for a seat in Oregon and former Hawaii Attorney General Mark Bennett for a seat in Hawaii. Neither has yet been confirmed.
Trump To Replace Liberal Lion Of The Ninth Circuit
On February 12, 2018, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Bennett to an undetermined seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. On February 15, 2018, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Bennett to the seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated by Judge Richard Clifton, who took senior status on December 31, 2016. His nomination is currently pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[3] A hearing on his nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee has been scheduled for April 11, 2018.[4]
Mark J. Bennett - Wikipedia
