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The nomination drew controversy, as Republicans charged White as being a liberal ideologue who was biased in favor of criminal defendants. He received a hearing before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee on May 20, 2014. [229] On June 19, 2014, his nomination was reported out of committee by a vote of 10–8. [230]
[11] [12] [13] He alleged that the "Certification of Live Birth" on Obama's website is a forgery. [14] U.S. District Judge R. Barclay Surrick dismissed the complaint in October 2008, finding that Berg lacked standing to bring the case and that his attempts to gain standing to pursue his claim were "frivolous and not worthy of discussion." [10] [15]
Obama telephoned Judge Sotomayor at 9 pm EST on May 25 to alert her that she was his choice. [37] Later that night, he called the other three finalists and informed them of his decision. [37] Obama announced the nomination the next morning in the East Room of the White House in a press conference alongside Sotomayor and Joe Biden. [1]
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 ...
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The 2012 Democratic National Convention was a gathering, held from September 4–6, 2012, [5] [6] at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina, in which delegates of the Democratic Party nominated President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden for reelection, in the 2012 United States national election.
Former President Obama ramped up his campaigning for Vice President Harris in the battleground state of Michigan on Tuesday evening. His remarks from Detroit came as early voting was underway in ...
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.