Posted on 03/12/2019 1:40:08 PM PDT by Jaysin
An attorney who helped Gov. Chris Christie’s administration handle fallout from the “Bridgegate” investigation was confirmed Tuesday to a lifetime seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, based in Philadelphia, despite vigorous objections from New Jersey’s two Democratic senators.
Paul Matey, a former deputy chief counsel under Christie, became only the second judge since at least 1979 to be confirmed while both of his home state senators opposed him — a further break with Senate tradition, which for decades has given deference to senators in both parties when it came to judicial nominees from their states.
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DC Circuit nominee, Neomi Rao is currently pending on the senate floor to replace Kavanaugh's seat. hopefully we can get a floor vote by tomorrow!
Bridget Sheldon Bade is next on-deck for a seat on the 9th-circus. hopefully we can get her approved this week before the senate goes on a one-week recess.
interesting to note than Manchin broke ranks and voted to confirm Matey.
Everyday I read on twitter about how the Senate has confirmed new judges to the 9th circuit and 6th circuit..so while commie twitter is going after Tucker Carlson, Trump’s judges are being approved :-)
As conservative as Roberts she is...
Feel-good story of the day. No matter what Schiff-for-brains, San Fran Nan, or AOC says, the President can and will make the judicial branch great again. Thank God for President Trump.
and more conservative then the 7 obama/clinton judges combined on the DC circuit that are currently polluting the country with their rulings.
Remember all the times we read about “Obama’s liberal judges begin takeover of federal appeals courts”?
sorry,
the title of the article/post should be:
Christie ally and ‘Bridgegate’ attorney confirmed to Third Circuit over objections
Everyday I read on twitter about how the Senate has confirmed new judges to the 9th circuit and 6th circuit..so while commie twitter is going after Tucker Carlson, Trump’s judges are being approved :-)
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IMHO, they have not been being filled nearly fast enough.
There are currently TWENTY FOUR District Court Judgeships VACANT in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals’ (CCA) area of responsibility. Plus there are FIVE VACANCIES on the 9th CCA itself.
Yes but dont forget that justices are retiring all the time. Right now, there are about 160 to 180 openings that need to be filled. I am of the opinion that the Senate, sense it is GOP controlled, needs to light a fire and get more confirmations done this year.
“Senate tradition, which for decades has given deference to senators in both parties when it came to judicial nominees from their states”
Which has to be the dumbest thing as far as ‘tradition’ goes. How is it that the US Senate can have a tradition that allows a particular state’s senator(s) to block a nomination to a federal court just because they happen to live in the same state? Regardless of party, that is an abuse of power.
Had there been constitutional originalists on these courts during the past decade, "gay marriage" wouldn't have gotten a foothold at all.
Why didn’t the Philly Enquirer do a similar story when Obama’s liberal judges took over the Federal judiciary?
Their reporterswere so busy covering all of his other success stories
Thats not true,they were covering moochelles fashion sense
It should be noted that our country got along just fine without the blue slip during its first 167 years. It was not until 1956 that a blue slip could stop committee action. And it has gone back and forth ever since then.
A report issued by the Congressional Research Service in 2003 defines six periods in the use of the blue slip by the Senate:
“From 1917 through 1955: The blue-slip policy allowed home-state Senators to state their objections but committee action to move forward on a nomination. If a Senator objected to his/her home-state nominee, the committee would report the nominee adversely to the Senate, where the contesting Senator would have the option of stating his/her objections to the nominee before the Senate would vote on confirmation.
“From 1956 through 1978: A single home-state Senator could stop all committee action on a judicial nominee by either returning a negative blue slip or failing to return a blue slip to the committee.
“From 1979 to mid-1989: A home-state Senator’s failure to return a blue slip would not necessarily prevent committee action on a nominee.
“From mid-1989 through June 5, 2001: In a public letter (1989) on the committee’s blue-slip policy, the chairman wrote that one negative blue slip would be “a significant factor to be weighed” but would “not preclude consideration” of a nominee “unless the Administration has not consulted with both home state Senators.” The committee would take no action, regardless of presidential consultation, if both home-state Senators returned negative blue slips.
“From June 6, 2001, to 2003: The chairman’s blue-slip policy allowed movement on a judicial nominee only if both home-state Senators returned positive blue slips to the committee. If one home-state Senator returned a negative blue slip, no further action would be taken on the nominee.
“2003-2007: A return of a negative blue slip by one or both home-state Senators does not prevent the committee from moving forward with the nomination — provided that the Administration has engaged in pre-nomination consultation with both of the home-state Senators.”[4][5]
From 2007 to January 3, 2018: The chairman’s blue-slip policy allowed movement on a judicial nominee only if both home-state Senators returned positive blue slips to the committee. If one home-state Senator returned a negative blue slip, no further action would be taken on the nominee.[5]
January 3, 2018 - present: “The lack of two positive blue slips will not necessarily preclude a circuit-court nominee from receiving a hearing unless the White House failed to consult with home-state senators. Hearings are unlikely for district court nominees without two positive blue slips.”[6]
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_slip#Senate
n get her approved this week before the senate goes on a one-week recess.”””
ANOTHER RECESS?
Just exactly how many days a year is the Senate or the House scheduled to work?
This seems more like a rolling vacation.
Congress is usually in session about 140 days a year, although it does vary.
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