Senate confirms another Obama female judicial appointee and 4th Circuit Appeals Judge

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(Photo credit: Guthrie & Thomas, PLLC)
Stephanie Dawn Thacker, Partner, Guthrie & Thomas PLLC.
Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
46 Years old (Young enough to be a SCOTUS candidate)

Participated in the first prosecution in the country under the Violence Against Women Act

Awarded the US Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award

She would be Obama's 5th appointee on the 4th Circuit

[Tx4obama]

1. Congratulations Judge Thacker :)

Confirmed by a vote of 91-3
Roll call: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=2&vote=00064

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2. Gobbled up all the vacancies in the circuit

[Tx4obama]

3. Now on to the other circuits

According to the Wikipedia page regarding judicial nominations

There are currently 16 vacancies on the United States Courts of Appeals ...

But there are only 8 nominations on the list waiting to be confirmed for the Courts of Appeals.

So, President Obama need to get busy and nominate more and Congress needs to get busy and get them confirmed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Barack_Obama

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4. Let's just hope he has an additional 4 years to work on this

[Tarheel_Dem]

5. K&R

[allentrojan]

6. interesting

great read, thanks!