Updated Confirmation Stats from the Third Branch Conference

Confirmthem.com ^ | 7/21/06 | Andrew

[cotton1706]

Yesterday with 46 confirmations, the 109th Senate had confirmed the fewest judges than any Congress since 1963-1964, in the wake of the Kennedy assassination. Today with 50 confirmations, the 109th Congress has confirmed the fewest judges than any Congress since 1973-1974, in the shadow of the Watergate presidency….

[T]he last time the Senate confirmed two Supreme Court nominations (1993-1994, 103rd), they also confirmed 127 other Clinton-appointed judges…. [T]he last time that a Congress (1985-1986, 99th) confirmed two Supreme Court justices in the first two years of a second term president, with the same party controlling the WH and the Senate, they also confirmed 129 other Reagan-appointed judges….

The Senate presently plans no scheduled floor debate time on judges between now and the November election. If the recent past two elections are any teacher, this increases the likelihood that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will have fewer votes in the Senate to prevent a filibuster of the President’s next Supreme Court nominee, and worse, that the President will nominate someone accordingly. Now do you get it? Who will be to blame for that?

Call Senator Frist at 202-224-3121. Then call others: Dole, Allen, McCain and Graham at the same number. Ask them to move on Boyle and Myers before their 5-week August vacation starts at the end of next week.

All that said, the confirmation last night of Neil Gorsuch is a very good thing and shows that Democrats have learned their lessons and are not up for a real fight on judges.

[cotton1706]

Bring on Majority Leader McConnell!! Thank God Frist is going. We've had enough of his pusilanimous pussyfooting (a little Agnew lingo there)!

[new yorker 77]

I am going to update the Jusical Confirmation Stauts for the Court of Appeals.

There now have been 67 Nominees. I will double check this.

I last posted at 62 Nominees.

I have this years nomination status for the Court of Appeals at 48%.

27 Nominees.
15 New
6 Re-nominated
6 Re-Re-Nominated

13 Confirmed
2 Withdrawn
12 Pending