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Obama nominated U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Nguyen to the Ninth Circuit seat to which Liu had been nominated, [135] and the Senate confirmed her without opposition on May 7, 2012. [136] United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Edward C. DuMont: DuMont was nominated to the Federal Circuit on April 14, 2010. [137]
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.
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]
Merrick Garland Supreme Court nomination; Henry Louis Gates arrest controversy; 2015 Gold King Mine waste water spill; Grand bargain (United States, 2011) Guantanamo Bay detention camp; Project Gunrunner
All Democrats present (including the Senate's two Independents), along with nine Republicans, voted for her. Democrat Ted Kennedy, a supporter of the nomination, was absent due to ongoing health issues. [69] [70] President Obama commissioned Sotomayor a justice of the Supreme Court on August 6, the same day as her confirmation. [71]
Amid the controversy, however, Obama was seemingly acting as Biden’s political closer to help lock up votes and donations, joining the 46th president at swank fundraisers in California and New ...
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.
Controversy ensued regarding Fortas's extrajudicial activities, and at Fortas's request, Johnson withdrew the nomination prior to a vote of the full Senate. [41] Fortas's nomination was also opposed by many senators who opposed the rulings of the Warren Court, especially Miranda v. Arizona.