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Using the Courts to Derail Reform
Thu, 04/04/2013 - 4:08pm — Paul
Powerful financial entities are turning to conservative judges to undermine the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.
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Good-Bye, Judge Cebull
Wed, 04/03/2013 - 3:08pm — Paul
Before a confidential order and memorandum from a federal judicial disciplinary body becomes public, the notorious Judge Cebull changes plans and announces his retirement.
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Obama Talks to Senators About Broken Judicial Confirmation Process
Tue, 03/12/2013 - 3:43pm — Paul
Republicans ended their year-long blockade of an unopposed circuit court nominee after unjustly torpedoing another with a filibuster.
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Obama Condemns Filibuster of His DC Circuit Court Nominee
Wed, 03/06/2013 - 3:27pm — Paul
President Obama specifically cites the obstruction of the three remaining Republican members of the "Gang of 14."
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GOP Talking Points Against Caitlin Halligan Are Off to a Bad Start
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 7:27pm — Paul
The two opening paragraphs make clear that the entire document needs to be taken with more than a grain of salt.
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Happy Anniversary, Judge Cebull
Wed, 02/27/2013 - 7:01pm — Paul
Judge Cebull remains on the bench a year after his now-notorious racist e-mail was exposed.
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White House Speaks Out for Judicial Nominees
Thu, 02/14/2013 - 4:56pm — Paul
After committee approval of several judicial nominees, including for the DC Circuit, the Obama Administration urges Senate action on judges.
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Hearing for a Diverse Group of Judicial Nominees
Wed, 02/13/2013 - 7:43pm — Paul
The nominees at today's Judiciary Committee hearing exemplify Obama's commitment to increasing personal and professional diversity in the federal judiciary.
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D.C. Circuit Crimps President's Recess Appointment Power
Fri, 02/08/2013 - 5:59pm — Terry
The D.C. Circuit's logic would have a devastating impact on government.
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Obama Highlights Judges in Response to Filibuster Deal
Fri, 01/25/2013 - 5:43pm — Paul
The president again signals the priority he places on judicial nominations during his second term.
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Judiciary Committee Launches New Session with Judicial Nominations
Wed, 01/23/2013 - 4:29pm — Paul
Judiciary Committee Democrats start the new session of Congress focused on the importance of confirming federal judges.
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Growing Circuit Court Vacancies While Republicans Have Stalled
Thu, 01/17/2013 - 1:06pm — Paul
Since Senate Republicans last allowed a circuit court confirmation vote, nine new circuit vacancies have been announced.
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Sen. Leahy Talks About Judges at Georgetown Law
Wed, 01/16/2013 - 6:48pm — Paul
The Judiciary Committee chairman condemns obstruction of qualified judicial nominees.
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Swift Renominations Show Obama's Commitment to Judicial Nominations
Thu, 01/03/2013 - 6:52pm — Paul
As soon as the 103rd Congress began, Obama renominated every judicial nominee left unconfirmed and called for their timely confirmation.
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Senators Speak Out for Judicial Confirmations
Thu, 01/03/2013 - 1:19pm — Paul
Sens. Whitehouse, Cardin, and (Tom) Udall discuss how Republican obstruction of judicial nominations is damaging the nation's system of justice.
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Federal Bar Association Calls for Votes on Circuit Court Nominees
Thu, 12/13/2012 - 4:20pm — Paul
The FBA's request for votes on many long-pending circuit and district court nominations would be unnecessary were it not for GOP obstruction.
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Six Months Without a Circuit Court Confirmation Vote
Tue, 12/11/2012 - 2:31pm — Paul
Circuit courts are vital, and the nominees who Republicans have been blocking the longest are all circuit court nominees.
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Pending Judicial Nominations Pile Up
Fri, 12/07/2012 - 11:45am — Paul
Republicans resist lame duck confirmations that have been made necessary by their own obstruction.
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More Dissembling from Chuck Grassley
Tue, 12/04/2012 - 6:06pm — Paul
Sen. Grassley again offers a blizzard of misleading statistics to hide his party's obstruction of President Obama's judicial nominees.
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Diverse Ways to Block Women Judges
Fri, 11/30/2012 - 4:23pm — Paul
All the judicial nominees being blocked in committee are women, just one way that Republicans are blocking qualified women nominees.
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