Status of the 20 Bush Judicial Nominees Re-Nominated in February 2005

I have posted the status of all 20 Bush Judicial Re-Nominations made back in February.

Currently, 11 of the 20 have been confirmed.

Hey...this is right up your alley...

You need to post your "scoring" system for the judicial nominees that haven't been confirmed.

Sorry....Arlen Specter is too busy trying to get Terrell Owens back on the Philadelphia Eagles playing field....to worry about getting anymore nominees back on the Senate Judiciary Committee calendar...

Hugh Hewitt brings up the Kavanaugh nomination somewhat frequently on his show.

Is he a friend or former classmate of Kavanugh's? Furthermore, what's the hold-up on these remaining nominations? I'm guessing holds have been placed on their nominations.

Anyone?

I took me an hour to collect all the links on all 20 nominees.

I want to do a compilation of all nominees since Bush took office.

President Bush is reshaping the Judiciary.

He renominated these 20 because they are his first choices to solidify the bench.

Thanks to Goober and McLame, we are only 11 for 20.

I want to look into the other nominee status. New 2005 judicial nominees have been confirmed this year as well.

My Mistake: Susan Bieke Neilson (6th Circuit) (first nominated November 8, 2001) Vote Link: Confirmed October 27, 2005 by a vote 97 Yea, 0 Nea, 3 Not Voting I posted her confirmation date incorrectly in the post above.

I took me an hour to collect all the links on all 20 nominees.

Summary of Circuit Court Nominations

F = 7 subjected to failed cloture motions in 108th Congress
4 = "1 of 4" that DEMs offered to let GOP choose which 3 to dump
S = Positive mention in Specter's May 9, 2005 speech

M = MOU of 14 will not vote against cloture
m = MOU of 14 makes no promise regarding cloture
R = Post-MOU, Reid indicates desire to filibuster

C = Out of committee & on the Senate's Executive Calendar
U = Unanimous consent to debate - date TBD
D = Democrats offer to debate - date TBD
v = Debate and vote scheduled
V = Vote -on the nomination- concluded

       --S  --  C--  Boyle, Terrence W.       (4th Cir)
       ---  -R  ---  Haynes, William James II (4th Cir)
       F4S  M-  CUV  Owen, Priscilla          (5th Cir)
       F-S  --  CUV  Griffin, Richard A.      (6th Cir)
       F-S  --  CUV  McKeague, David W.       (6th Cir)
       --S  --  -D-  Neilson, Susan Bieke     (6th Cir)
       F--  mR  ---  Saad, Henry W.           (6th Cir)
       F4S  mR  C--  Myers, William Gerry III (9th Cir)
       F4S  M-  CUV  Pryor, William H.        (11th Cir)
       F4S  M-  CUV  Brown, Janice Rogers     (D.C. Cir)
       --S  --  CUV  Griffith, Thomas B.      (D.C. Cir)
       ---  -R  ---  Kavanaugh, Brett M.      (D.C. Cir)

Last updated, June 21, 2005

Owen: Cloture passed 81-18 on May 24. Confirmed 55-43 on May 25.
Brown: Cloture passed 65-32 on June 7. Confirmed 56-43 on June 8.
Pryor: Cloture passed 67-32 on June 8. Confirmed 53-45 on June 9.
Griffin: Confirmed 95-0 on June 9.
McKeague: Confirmed 96-0 on June 9.
Griffith: Confirmed 73-24 on June 14.
Myers: Out of Committee on March 17.
Boyle: Out of Committee on June 16.

Additional source material

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Thank you.

I copied the wrong link for the Griffith vote too.

I am curious, do you wonder, like I do, whether the Senate will EVER get around to confirming these...

I have heard about 4 things that are supposed to be "the most important, first thing" that the Senate is supposed to do after the first of the year.

Let's get Alito confirmed first.

Supposedly, immigration reform, the DOD appropriations...AND Alito are the "first" things when they get back...LOL

Hugh Hewitt brings up the Kavanaugh nomination somewhat frequently on his show. Is he a friend or former classmate of Kavanugh's?

In the privacy of his Capitol office last Monday night, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., asked for commitments from six Democrats fresh from the talks. Would they pledge to support filibusters against Brett Kavanaugh and William Haynes, two nominees not specifically covered by the pact with Republicans?
Some of the Democrats agreed. At least one, Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska, declined.
Details of Reid's attempt to kill the two nominations within minutes of the agreement, as well as other events during this tumultuous time, were obtained by The Associated Press in interviews with senators and aides in both parties. They spoke on condition of anonymity, citing confidentiality pledges. ...
The deal specified no commitment on the Interior Department's former top lawyer, William Myers III, for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, or Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Henry Saad for the 6th Circuit.
That morning, Reid met in his office with Nelson and Mark Pryor. Reid wanted changes in the draft to specify that there was no guaranteed final vote for two other nominees:

Kavanaugh. As associate independent counsel under Kenneth Starr, he had leading roles investigating the Whitewater case involving President Clinton and the 1998 Clinton impeachment case. Later, in the Bush White House, Kavanaugh was one of the president's lawyers working on getting the president's judicial nominations through the Senate. Kavanaugh was nominated for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Democrats argued that he was too conservative for the bench.
Haynes. As the Pentagon's top lawyer, he wrote a controversial memo about interrogation of prisoners at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He was nominated for the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Senate Republicans pushed back when the centrists got together last Monday evening for what proved to be their final meeting. GOP lawmakers noted that the Senate Judiciary Committee had not acted on either Kavanaugh or Haynes.
At Collins' suggestion, their names, as well as those of McKeague, Griffin and Neilson, were dropped from the document. [all 5 were still in committee at the time]
Schumer objected to the deletion of Kavanaugh's name. Recognizing that the talks were over, Reid asked Democrats to support filibusters against both Kavanaugh and Haynes.
Nelson declined. Several participants in the meeting said the others agreed, although Landrieu said Friday through a spokesman that she had not. Reid's spokesman declined comment.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1412393/posts
Judicial Nominees Compromise Was Hard-Won
By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent

http://www.usdoj.gov/olp/kavanaughresume.htm <- Kavanaugh Resume

After the Miers fiasco, I am open to suggestions of cronyism in picks. Kavanaugh went to Yale for both undergraduate and Law school. Note too, Kavanaugh has never been a judge.

I am pleased to welcome to the Committee today members, guests, and our nominee, Mr. Brett Kavanaugh, who has been nominated by President Bush to be a United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit. We also welcome members of his family. I would note his father, Mr. Ed Kavanaugh, long-time President of the CTFA, is a great individual whom we all respect. Welcome to you all. ...
Statement of Chairman Orrin G. Hatch - April 27th, 2004
From the notorious Starr report, to the Florida recount, to this President's secrecy and privilege claims, to post-9/11 legislative battles including the Victims' Compensation Fund, to controversial judicial nominations, if there's been a partisan political fight that needed a good lawyer in the last decade, Brett Kavanaugh was probably there. And if he was there, there's no question what side he was on. ...
Judgeships should be above politics. Brett Kavanaugh's nomination seems to be all about politics.
Statement of Charles Schumer - April 27th, 2004

Looking for a perhaps deeper connection, mindful that Judge Boyle was nominated to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in 1991 by GW Bush's father, I dug a little further, but came up blank. Just "for fun ..."

The CTFA is "The Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association," a lobbying group that advocates internationally for its members. I googled "Ed" "kavanaugh" "CTFA" and obtained some interesting links about the regulation of the cosmetics industry, particularly relating to the classification of ingredients. Ed Kavanaugh (Judicial candidate Brett Kavanaugh's father) is now retired as President of CTFA.

The Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association (CTFA) announced September 24 that its President and CEO Ed Kavanaugh will retire from the Association by mid-2005. Kavanaugh first joined CTFA in 1972 and was named president in 1983. He planned to retire in June 2003, but extended his contract per the request of CTFA's board of directors. A search committee has been established to find his successor.
CHPA Executive Newsletter - October 8, 2004

But talk about a "small world" ...

BY TOM BRUNE - August 4, 2005
In his letter amending his answers yesterday, Roberts said the cosmetics association retained Hogan & Hartson in 2001 to oppose a proposed FDA sunscreen labeling regulation.
"'I was asked to prepare a legal analysis of how the proposed regulation would violate the First Amendment," he wrote. "In meetings with the general counsels of the Office of Management and Budget and the Food and Drug Administration, the latter attended by other FDA employees, I made clear my client's position that implementing the regulation would result in litigation." ...
The group's executive, Edward Kavanaugh, said he had hired Roberts for two tasks, to draft a lawsuit based on First Amendment and commercial free speech issues, and to work on the labeling of cosmetics like lipstick treated as over-the-counter drugs. But he did not return calls seeking clarification on when he hired Roberts.
Newsday.com: Roberts makes a correction

Furthermore, what's the hold-up on these remaining nominations? I'm guessing holds ...

As far as the record shows, there are no formal holds. These nominees are held back by GOP leadership, under the threat of cloture abuse voiced by Schumer, Reid and other DEM Senators. Myers and Boyle are OUT OF COMMITTEE and on the Senate's Executive Calendar for action. Myers' nomination has been on the Executive Calendar since March 17, and still no action from Frist to debate and vote.

There is some speculation that action on the Kavanaugh nomination is on hold due to a long-standing question about whether the DC Circuit Court should have 10 or 12 members.

http://www.nationalreview.com/benchmemos/065947.asp
http://www.nationalreview.com/benchmemos/065957.asp
http://www.confirmthem.com/?p=709 <- GOP Senators using "10 v 12" as an excuse

I think the GOP Senators are holding up the Kavanaugh nomination of their own volition, wanting to avoid risking collegiality with the DEMs that might be caused by advancing these nominations toward an up or down vote.