Showing posts with label Senate Judiciary Committee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Senate Judiciary Committee. Show all posts
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Goodwin Liu Voted out of Senate Judiciary Committee for Third Time
Leadership Conference for Civil Rights April 8, 2011 - Posted by Avril Lighty The Senate Judiciary Committee recommended Goodwin Liu for a federal judgeship today for the third time, on a 10-8 party line vote. The seat to which he has been nominated is considered a "judicial emergency."President Barack Obama originally nominated Liu to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on February 24, 2010 .... Full Story: http://www.civilrights.org/archives/2011/04/1188-liu.html
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Judiciary panel OKs Elena Kagan for Supreme Court
Yahoo News
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, Associated Press Writer 13 mins ago
WASHINGTON – Pushing toward an election-year Supreme Court confirmation vote, a polarized Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday approved Elena Kagan to be the fourth female justice. Just one Republican joined Democrats to approve Kagan's nomination and send it to the full Senate, where she's expected to win confirmation within weeks.
"Elena Kagan will be confirmed," predicted Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the Judiciary chairman. "She will go on the U.S. Supreme Court."
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., broke with his party to cast the sole GOP "yes" vote on President Obama's nominee to succeed Justice John Paul Stevens, who retired in June. The vote was 13-6.
Full Story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100720/ap_on_go_su_co/us_kagan_supreme_court
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, Associated Press Writer 13 mins ago
WASHINGTON – Pushing toward an election-year Supreme Court confirmation vote, a polarized Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday approved Elena Kagan to be the fourth female justice. Just one Republican joined Democrats to approve Kagan's nomination and send it to the full Senate, where she's expected to win confirmation within weeks.
"Elena Kagan will be confirmed," predicted Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the Judiciary chairman. "She will go on the U.S. Supreme Court."
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., broke with his party to cast the sole GOP "yes" vote on President Obama's nominee to succeed Justice John Paul Stevens, who retired in June. The vote was 13-6.
Full Story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100720/ap_on_go_su_co/us_kagan_supreme_court
Monday, May 17, 2010
Liu Nomination Advances
The New York Times
May 13, 2010, 1:29 pm
By CHARLIE SAVAGE
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved the nomination of Goodwin Liu to be a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco, sending him to the full Senate for consideration after a party-line vote of 12 Democrats in favor and seven Republicans opposed.
Mr. Liu, a law professor at the University of California at Berkeley, has drawn more Republican opposition than any of President Obama’s other appeals court nominees because he has been open in expressing strong liberal views – like support for affirmative action and same-sex marriage.
Full Story: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/liu-nomination-advances/
May 13, 2010, 1:29 pm
By CHARLIE SAVAGE
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved the nomination of Goodwin Liu to be a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco, sending him to the full Senate for consideration after a party-line vote of 12 Democrats in favor and seven Republicans opposed.
Mr. Liu, a law professor at the University of California at Berkeley, has drawn more Republican opposition than any of President Obama’s other appeals court nominees because he has been open in expressing strong liberal views – like support for affirmative action and same-sex marriage.
Full Story: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/liu-nomination-advances/
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