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Obama Nominates Two to Appeals Court
New York Times ^ | June 11, 2012 | Charlie Savage

Posted on 06/16/2012 2:20:58 PM PDT by Innovative

President Obama on Monday nominated two lawyers to fill vacancies on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, a powerful panel to which he has so far been unable to appoint anyone since taking office.

Mr. Srinivasan also represented several clients at O'Melveny and Myers that conservatives are likely to criticize him over, filing amicus briefs on behalf of groups opposed to voter photographic identification laws and supporting affirmative action policies in university admissions.

Republicans cited several reasons for their opposition to Ms. Halligan, including that as New York's solicitor general she had advanced the theory that gun manufacturers could be held legally responsible for crimes committed with firearms. Last year, the Republican Senate leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, called her an extremist.

"We shouldn't be putting activists on the bench," Mr. McConnell said at the time. "I think she would use the court to put her activist judicial philosophy into practices, and for that reason alone she shouldn’t be confirmed."

(Excerpt) Read more at thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: courts; judges; justices; obama
If you think of nothing else, think of the Courts, including the Supreme Court and the judges Obama has, is and will install -- and they will destroy everything the US stands for, including our freedoms.

This alone should make you run, not walk to the polls to vote for Romney to get Obama out of the people's house.

1 posted on 06/16/2012 2:21:06 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: Innovative

Are they Stalinists, Islamists, Trotskyites or Maoists?


2 posted on 06/16/2012 2:23:27 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Ich habe keinen Konig aber Gott)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Are they Stalinists, Islamists, Trotskyites or Maoists?”

Yes


3 posted on 06/16/2012 2:25:47 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (ABO 2012)
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To: Innovative

“filing amicus briefs on behalf of groups opposed to voter photographic identification laws”...That’s all I need to know. Voter photo ID is becoming my new litmus test. If it’s good enough for MO’s book signing...


4 posted on 06/16/2012 2:29:31 PM PDT by Pat4ever
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To: EQAndyBuzz
“Are they Stalinists, Islamists, Trotskyites or Maoists?”

Yes

Then my two senators from AZ. will definitely vote to confirm just like they did for the extremist to the 9th circus.

5 posted on 06/16/2012 2:31:07 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: Innovative

Block everything Obozo tries to pull off!

Evil regime and an evil phony whose only intent is to murder America!


6 posted on 06/16/2012 2:38:07 PM PDT by IbJensen (If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed)
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To: Innovative

Didn’t McConnell recently invoke a Senate rule prohibiting these appointments before the election?


7 posted on 06/16/2012 2:44:58 PM PDT by shove_it (just undo it)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’d vote for Fascists, I’d bet that they are both fascists, that could include parts of the philosophies of all of those that you suggest.


8 posted on 06/16/2012 3:01:33 PM PDT by Eva
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To: BuckeyeTexan

Here is an interesting paragraph about one of the choices:

“Born in India and raised in Kansas, Mr. Srinivasan will be the first person of South Asian descent to be nominated to a federal appeals court, according to the White House. It has long been rumored that the administration was considering nominating Mr. Srinivasan, but some liberal groups had lobbied against him as not liberal enough to be a Democratic appointee.”


9 posted on 06/16/2012 3:02:09 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Obama and Company lied, the American economy died)
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To: shove_it

It was not a “rule” but a Senate tradition. No action on appellate judges starting 6 months before a presidential election. District court ones traditionally can go up to 2 months before. Every once in a while McConnell does something right. Hussain is nominating these so he’ll have GOP ‘obstructionism’ to complain about leading up to this election, even though as Senator Hussain he did the same before the prior one.


10 posted on 06/16/2012 3:58:52 PM PDT by JohnBovenmyer (Obama been Liberal. Hope Change!)
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To: Innovative

Not to worry...Obama can count on at least 5 RINO douchebags (BrownEye, Snowjob, RumCollins, Drac-Lugar and Mur-cow-ski) to make sure he gets his confirmations.


11 posted on 06/16/2012 4:53:36 PM PDT by montag813
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To: Innovative

I thought McConnell had pronounced that the PUBs will invoke the Thurman rule (a block) on ALL judicial candidates now thru the election.


12 posted on 06/16/2012 5:35:45 PM PDT by harpu ( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
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To: harpu
oops...spelling problem. It's the Thurmond Rule
13 posted on 06/16/2012 5:37:54 PM PDT by harpu ( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
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To: Innovative
Why the hell is Obamugabe even bothering with submitting the names? He should just move them into offices and they should just starting issuing decisions. After all, what the hell does Congress have to do with the law? Obamugabe doesn't give a s*** about a little obstacle like the CONSTITUTION.
14 posted on 06/16/2012 6:18:52 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper (THAN)
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To: Innovative
>”This alone should make you run, not walk to the polls to vote for Romney to get Obama out of the people's house”<

Didn't you get the Memo? Romney and Obama are identical in every way. In fact, the Judges Romney would Nominate would be far worse than any Stalinist Obama would Nominate.

I know it's true, I read it right here on Free Republic. Obama and Romney were separated at birth and they were both raised by Communists in both Indonesia and Michigan.

15 posted on 06/16/2012 9:34:37 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The only good Zombie is a dead Zombie, oh wait...)
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