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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 ]
Obama, the nation's 44th president, praised Carter's "decency" while leading the country and after he left the White House. "Elected in the shadow of Watergate, Jimmy Carter promised voters that ...
On July 15, 2009, the third day of questioning began with Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), who immediately went after her "wise Latina" remark once again, in trying to further clarify the difference between that statement and the statement that Sotomayor has compared hers to, in which former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor likened the ...
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. Obama ...
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Empathy is not a quality many Republican senators want to see in the next Supreme Court justice. Traditionally considered an admirable attribute, the ability to empathize with another’s plight ...
Louis B. Butler: Butler unsuccessfully ran for the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2000 and lost by a wide margin. [187] He was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2004, but narrowly lost the 2008 election to retain the seat. [188] On September 30, 2009, President Obama nominated Butler to serve on the District Court.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -President Joe Biden slammed the U.S. Supreme Court as "out of kilter" at a glitzy fundraiser in Los Angeles on Saturday with former President Barack Obama and top Hollywood ...