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Bush Judges Again Show Why the DC Circuit Matters
Wed, 08/29/2012 - 5:38pm — Paul
Extremist Bush judges on the DC Circuit sided with Big Tobacco and corporate polluters in two criticized opinions last week.
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Court Rejects Florida's Efforts to Curtail Early Voting
Fri, 08/17/2012 - 11:28am — Paul
In an opinion affecting 5 counties, a federal court rules that Florida's curtailed early voting would disproportionately harm African Americans.
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On Obstructing Judges, Senate Republicans Get Even Worse
Mon, 07/30/2012 - 4:49pm — Paul
Republicans are seeking the first ever successful filibuster of a circuit court nominee who was approved in committee with bipartisan support.
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Republican Obstruction Impedes Efforts to Diversify the Federal Bench
Fri, 06/29/2012 - 5:16pm — Paul
GOP obstruction is blocking judicial confirmation votes on qualified women and people of color.
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ABA Expresses “Grave Concern” Over Obstruction of Judicial Nominees
Thu, 06/21/2012 - 3:07pm — Paul
The American Bar Association urges the Senate to vote on pending circuit court nominations despite the GOP's call for a freeze.
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Sen. Menendez to GOP: "Get Back to Work"
Mon, 06/18/2012 - 11:25am — Paul
The New Jersey senator responds to the GOP's refusal to allow votes on any circuit court nominees.
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Hurwitz Finally Confirmed By Voice Vote
Tue, 06/12/2012 - 5:59pm — Paul
Senate Republicans agree to a voice vote to confirm a nominee who they claimed was not qualified to be a federal judge.
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Sen. Coburn Hopes His Party Won't Block His State's Judicial Nominees
Fri, 06/08/2012 - 11:29am — Paul
Senate Republican obstruction of judicial nominations is too much for the conservative Republican senator from Oklahoma.
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Vitter Single-Handedly Deprives Louisianans of Their Day in Court
Tue, 06/05/2012 - 4:12pm — Paul
Sen. David Vitter's single-handed partisan obstruction of a qualified judicial nominee is a far cry from the principles he claimed when a Republican was president.
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For Judicial Nominees, The Hidden Obstruction Continues
Fri, 05/25/2012 - 2:34pm — Paul
Ongoing Republican abuse of committee procedures is keeping our nation's courtrooms empty.
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White House Condemns Obstruction of Judicial Nominations
Wed, 05/16/2012 - 12:37pm — Paul
Jay Carney discusses the unprecedented obstruction of qualified judicial nominees at the daily White House press briefing.
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Senators Hear from Americans Concerned about the Courts
Tue, 05/08/2012 - 12:14pm — Paul
Senators saw the grass roots energy behind Americans’ commitment to our nation’s system of justice.
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Emergencies Among Pending Judicial Nominations Increase By a Third
Wed, 04/25/2012 - 3:59pm — Paul
More than half of the 21 judicial nominees waiting for a floor vote would fill judicial emergencies.
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Judicial Emergencies Skyrocket
Tue, 04/24/2012 - 5:19pm — Paul
We won't solve the nation's judicial vacancy crisis unless Republicans stop slow-walking qualified nominees.
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Barely Treading Water on Judicial Nominations
Mon, 04/16/2012 - 4:58pm — Paul
The confirmation rate is too low to put a serious dent in the vacancy crisis.
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A Bush Judge on the DC Circuit Defends the Ideology of the Lochner Era
Mon, 04/16/2012 - 3:15pm — Paul
Janice Rogers Brown issues a concurring opinion loaded with red meat for the right wing.
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GOP's Under-the-Radar Sabotage of America's Courts
Thu, 03/22/2012 - 3:54pm — Paul
Senate Republicans are making sure qualified judicial nominees can't get out of committee, let alone get a floor vote.
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GOP Boycotts Judiciary Committee Yet Again
Thu, 03/22/2012 - 11:40am — Paul
GOP blocks committee from meeting, thereby preventing a vote on three qualified nominations.
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Federal District Courts' Workload Keeps Going Up
Fri, 03/16/2012 - 1:33pm — Paul
With trial courts' caseloads going up yet again, Americans need more fully functioning courts.
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GOP Boycotts Judiciary Committee
Thu, 03/15/2012 - 5:15pm — Paul
Are Senate Republicans Finding New Ways to Keep Our Nation's Courtrooms Empty?
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