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Judicial Conference of the U.S. Judgeship Recommendations & Draft Legislation (04/05/13)

Congressional Research Service: President Obama’s First-Term U.S. Circuit and District Court Nominations: An Analysis and Comparison with Presidents Since Reagan, (05/03/13)

President Obama’s judicial nominees, including:

Srikanth ("Sri") Srinivasan D.C. Circuit NOMINATED 6/11/12, Hearing 4/10/13

Robert Bacharach Tenth Circuit: FILIBUSTERED 56-34 vote 7/30/12 CONFIRMED 93-0 2/25/13

William Kayatta, Jr. First Circuit RENOMINATED and CONFIRMED 88-12 2/13/13

Andrew Hurwitz Ninth Circuit CONFIRMED 6/12/12 after 60-31 vote to end filibuster

Caitlin Halligan D.C. Circuit 54-45 and 51-41 votes (short of 60 needed to end filibuster) WITHDRAWN

Goodwin Liu Ninth Circuit FILIBUSTERED & WITHDRAWN; confirmed to CA Supreme Court

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Editorials and Opinion

Obstruction will ruin GOP: Playing politics and abusing the system can excite the extremes, but it's a recipe for long-term political disaster (Salon.com, 05/18/13)

EDITORIAL: Climate Warnings, Growing Louder (New York Times, 05/18/13)

Editorial: Revive filibuster reform; U.S. Senate is a broken institution; it’s time to fix it (Register Guard [OR] , 05/18/13)

federal confirmation backlog; World-Herald editorial: Federal jobs should be filled (Omaha World-Herald [NE] , 05/18/13)

Obama Says ‘Check’ to GOP in Confirmation Chess Match (Roll Call, 05/17/13)

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Nominees

Srikanth ("Sri") Srinivasan
D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
Renominated 04/10/13

Nelson Román (S.D.N.Y.)

Confirmed 05/09/13

Patty Shwartz
Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
Confirmed 04/09/13

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Overview of Bush Nominees (PDF)

Issues

D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
The nation's second most important court decides the fate of national environmental, health, safety, consumer, labor and other safeguards. It is vital to fill four current vacancies on the 11-member court.

Filibusters & Filibuster Abuses
The Constitution's requirement that the Senate must confirm the president's nominations was abused by unprecedented numbers of threatened filibusters and opposition to cloture votes by senators that delayed and blocked confirmation of even the most noncontroversial of President Obama's judicial nominees who enjoyed bipartisan support from their home state senators.

Endangered & Threatened Species
Landmark laws that protect endangered and threatened species are under attack in the courts and in Congress.

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