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U.S. President Barack Obama nominated over 400 individuals for federal judgeships during his presidency.Of these nominations, Congress confirmed 329 judgeships, 173 during the 111th & 112th Congresses [1] and 156 during the 113th and 114th Congresses.
During his final year in office, Obama had an opportunity to fill a third Supreme Court vacancy, following the February 13, 2016, death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. On March 16, 2016, he nominated Merrick Garland, the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to the Court. [3]
Garland's nomination expired on January 3, 2017, at the end of the 114th Congress, after languishing 293 days. [10] [82] Garland's nomination was the 15th nomination to the Supreme Court to lapse at the end of a session of Congress. [83] Barack Obama was succeeded by Donald Trump on January 20, 2017.
On May 26, 2009, President Barack Obama announced his selection of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, to replace retiring Justice David Souter. Sotomayor's nomination was submitted to the United States Senate on June 1, 2009, when the 111th Congress reconvened after its Memorial Day recess.
The total number of Obama Article III judgeship nominees to be confirmed by the United States Senate is 329, including two justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 55 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, 268 judges to the United States district courts, and four judges to the United States Court of International Trade.
His nomination was rejected by the Senate by a vote of 45–55 on November 21, 1969, [45] due to concerns about Haynsworth's civil rights record and perceived ethical lapses. [22] In response, Nixon nominated G. Harrold Carswell, a Floridian with a history of supporting segregation and opposing women's rights.
I’m not going to pretend I have had any major interactions with Barack Obama, however. I’ve only met him briefly and I actually left my internship severely disillusioned with the Democratic Party.
From January 3 to June 3, 2008, voters of the Democratic Party chose their nominee for president in the 2008 United States presidential election. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois was selected as the nominee, becoming the first African American to secure the presidential nomination of any major political party in the United States.