Trump unveils seventh wave of nominees to fill judicial vacancies

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY LYDIA WHEELER - 09/07/17 10:50 AM EDT

President Trump on Thursday announced his seventh wave of judicial nominees as he works to fill more than 100 vacancies on courts across the U.S.

Among the batch of 16 nominees, Trump’s selected his own deputy assistant and deputy counsel, Gregory Katsas, to serve as a circuit judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, the nation’s second-most-powerful court.

Conservative groups were quick to hail Katsas's nomination for the lifetime appointment.

“In addition to being an exceptionally well-qualified nominee to the D.C. Circuit Court, Greg Katsas is one of the kindest and most humble people I know,” said Carrie Severino, chief counsel and policy director at Judicial Crisis Network, the group that lobbied for the confirmation of Justice Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.


Read more: http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/349619-trump-unveils-seventh-wave-of-nominees-to-fill-judicial-vacancies

[PSPS]

1. Time for McCain and his ilk to ink up their rubber stamps

[IronLionZion]

2. Many of his judicial nominees were robbed from Obama

they are deliberately stacking the courts with more conservatives than they should

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. Earlier nominations, from August: Federal Judicial Nominations: A Quick Recap

Federal Judicial Nominations: A Quick Recap

The August recess offers a good opportunity to evaluate the state of play in judicial nominations.

By DAVID LAT
Aug 17, 2017 at 7:15 PM