This:
“...According to a senior Democratic aide, five of the 19 judicial pics on the list came from Democratic senators. McConnell filing cloture to break potential filibusters of the nominees is an indication there has not yet been a deal on a bipartisan nominations package to expedite the work of confirming the judges....”
Comes from this linked article:
I don’t know if any of these 5 District Judges who “came from Democratic Senators” are the type of agendanista Judges who will act to enjoin President Trump whenever possible — but I fear the DemocRATS will try to sneak such appointees in. Lindsey Graham should ELIMINATE THE BLUE-SLIP VETO FOR DISTRICT JUDGESHIPS and then we won’t have to kiss DemocRAT butt and do their bidding.
UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT
Michael T. Liburdi (Cal. No. 119)
Peter D. Welte (Cal. No. 120)
James Wesley Hendrix (Cal. No. 203)
Sean D. Jordan (Cal. No. 204)
Mark T. Pittman (Cal. No. 205)
Jeffrey Vincent Brown (Cal. No. 231)
Brantley Starr (Cal. No. 232)
Stephanie L. Haines (Cal. No. 233)
Ada E. Brown (Cal. No. 326)
Steven D. Grimberg (Cal. No. 327)
Jason K. Pulliam (Cal. No. 345)
Martha Maria Pacold (Cal. No. 350)
Steven C. Seeger (Cal. No. 352)
William Shaw Stickman IV (Cal. No. 364)
Karin J. Immergut (Cal. No. 48)
John Milton Younge (Cal. No. 55)
Mary S. McElroy (Cal. No. 344)
Stephanie A. Gallagher (Cal. No. 346)
Mary M. Rowland (Cal. No. 351)
Ordered, That following disposition of S.J. Res. 36, S.J. Res. 37, and S.J. Res. 38, notwithstanding the
provisions of Rule XXII, the cloture motions on the following nominations ripen:
Michael T. Liburdi, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona;
Peter D. Welte, of North Dakota, to be United States District Judge for the District of North Dakota;
James Wesley Hendrix, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas;
Sean D. Jordan, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas;
Mark T. Pittman, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas;
Jeffrey Vincent Brown, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas;
Brantley Starr, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas;
Stephanie L. Haines, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of
Pennsylvania;
Ada E. Brown, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas;
Steven D. Grimberg, of Georgia, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia;
Jason K. Pulliam, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas;
Martha Maria Pacold, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois;
Steven C. Seeger, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois;
William Shaw Stickman IV, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Western
District of Pennsylvania;
Karin J. Immergut, of Oregon, to be United States District Judge for the District of Oregon;
John Milton Younge, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania;
Mary S. McElroy, of Rhode Island, to be United States District Judge for the District of Rhode Island;
Stephanie A. Gallagher, of Maryland, to be United States District Judge for the District of Maryland;
and
Mary M. Rowland, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois.
Ordered further, That with respect to the motions to invoke cloture on the above nominations, the
mandatory quorum calls required under Rule XXII be waived. (July 25, 2019.)
So RI, MD, and the 3 from ILL are the 5.
Maybe CA and NJ have mostly vacancies without nominees because they want extremists and McConnell won’t back down.
Choke on this Chuckie.