September 15, 2009

Barbara Milano Keenan

President Obama has nominated a second person to fill one of the five vacancies on the US Court of Appeals that has jurisdiction over West Virginia (and the Carolinas, Virginia, and Maryland). It continues the administration's practice, unlike that seen in recent Republican administrations, to nominate people for Court of Appeals seats who are in their late 50s-60. Indeed there has yet to be any nominee to one of the Appeals Courts who is younger than their early 50s. We also have yet to see any Obama judicial nominee, at any level of federal court, confirmed by the Senate other than Justice Sotomayor, even though we are almost 8 months into the Obama administration.

Posted by armand at September 15, 2009 06:26 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Law and the Courts


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Just two days after I posted this the US Senate has for the first time confirmed one of President Obama's nominees to one of the Circuit Courts of Appeal. By a vote of 94-3 Judge Gerard Lynch was confirmed to the 2nd Circuit. Voting against him were Senators Bunning, Inhofe and Coburn.

Senators Enzi and Landrieu didn't vote (Landrieu didn't vote on anything today). I note that in part to note who did vote for him. While he missed some of the votes earlier in the day. Robert C. Byrd was casting votes late this afternoon. So I take it he is making it to the floor of the Senate, at least occasionally.

Posted by: Armand at September 17, 2009 07:00 PM | PERMALINK
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