As the White House works on policy goals, liberal activists say one critical element of Obama's agenda has slipped through the cracks: judicial confirmations for appellate and district courts.
Only three of the president's 23 nominations for federal judgeships have been confirmed. Obama's attempts to ease partisan tensions have only emboldened Senate Republicans: The Washington Post reports that anonymous holds and filibuster threats from the GOP have have "slowed the proceedings to a crawl."
Republicans, however, say the president isn't carrying his share of the judiciary
burden. In the same period that Obama has named 23 nominees, President George W. Bush forwarded 95.
Caseloads are beginning to clog the federal judicial system, with 10 percent of judicial seats remaining vacant in appeals and district courts. An Obama spokesman said the White House will pick up the pace soon.
During the Bush era, the federal court were stacked with conservative judges who have little sympathy for discrimination against women, older employees and minorities. This trend needs to reversed as quickly as possible.
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Rumor has it Obama will get to this after he passes health care reform. I hope the rumor is true since the judicial backlog of cases is another blunt instrument they can use to beat Obama, even though, typically, the GOP is causing it.
Yes, he has got to fix this or go the recess appointment route. He better get this done before the holidays.
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