No Judges Confirmed This Week

[cotton1706]

This will be a weekly post.

Count remains at 218 judges confirmed.

2 Trade Court judges

161 District Court judges

53 Circuit Court judges

2 Supreme Court justices

Senator McConnell did file for cloture for several judges this week, but with at least two senators testing positive for coronavirus those votes will likely be put off.

The democrats are trying to use the president's diagnosis to delay the confirmation of judge Amy Coney Barrett to be Supreme Court justice. But Chairman Graham can simply move the hearings to Zoom (and should).

Judiciary Committee members Lee and Tillis both tested positive for coronavirus, but should be fine by the time of the committee vote on the 22nd.

I wanted the hearings to begin this coming Monday, but Graham's start date of the 12th looks smart now.

October's going to be a bumpy ride. Buckle up!

[redshawk]

The democrats are trying to use the president’s diagnosis to delay the confirmation of judge Amy Coney Barrett to be Supreme Court justice.

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....and Shumer is advocating for the delay of the election.

[kiryandil]

https://twitter.com/SenateCloakroom

Sep 30
Leader McConnell has filed cloture on Executive Calendar #866 Michael Jay Newman* (2008) 
to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio.
 
[currently United States Magistrate Judge in the Southern District of Ohio]
[After graduating from law school, Newman served as a law clerk for Judge 
Jack Sherman Jr. of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 
and then for Judge Nathaniel R. Jones of the Sixth Circuit United States Court of Appeals]

Sep 30
Leader McConnell has filed cloture on Executive Calendar #865 James Ray Knepp II 
to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio.

[currently United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the 
Northern District of Ohio]
[Upon graduating law school, Knepp served as a law clerk to Judge John William Potter 
of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio]

Sep 30
Leader McConnell has filed cloture on Executive Calendar #864 J. Philip Calabrese* (2005) 
to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio.

[currently judge of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas]
[Upon graduating law school, Calabrese served as a law clerk to Judge Alice M. Batchelder 
of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit]

Sep 30
Leader McConnell has filed cloture on Executive Calendar #862 Toby Crouse* (2019)  
to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Kansas.

[Currently American lawyer and Solicitor General of Kansas]
[After law school, Crouse served as a law clerk to Judge Monti L. Belot 
of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas and 
Judge Mary Beck Briscoe of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit]

Sep 30
Leader McConnell has filed cloture on Executive Calendar #863 Aileen Mercedes Cannon* (2005)  
to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida.

[currently an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida]
[She began her legal career as a law clerk to Judge Steven Colloton of the United 
States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit] 

^*Federalist Society member

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Schumer says it is not safe.

Indeed, it is NSFD (Not Safe For Democrats)