Following the recent deal to hold votes on 14 nominees, the Senate confirmed three district court nominees Thursday: David Nuffer to the District of Utah, Ronnie Abrams to the Southern District of New York and Rudolph Contreras to the District of Columbia.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) voted against Nuffer, in spite of his stated support for his home-state nominee, in continued retaliation against President Obama’s recess appointments of Richard Cordray and three others.
After last week’s Republican boycott of the Senate Judiciary Committee executive business meeting, the committee appeared poised again to lack quorum for this week’s meeting. A number of hours after its scheduled start time, enough senators finally convened to hold over one circuit judge and two district judges. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts has declared one of these district seats a judicial emergency.
The Latest from “In the News”
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“Federal courts in Arizona face crushing caseload,” from The Yuma Sun
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“Senate confirms new federal judge for Utah; Lee votes no,” from The Deseret News
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“Senate Confirms Ronnie Abrams to Federal Judge Seat,” from Main Justice
The Latest from “Recommended Readings”
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“Breaking the logjam: Senate’s “Dr. No” calls for an end to confirmation wars,” from The Register Guard
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“Federal Judges Are, in Fact, ‘Job Creators’,” from The Atlantic
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“Senate GOP impedes judicial confirmations,” from Politico
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