Sentences with phrase «federal appointments of judges»

Indeed, the most recent round of federal appointments of judges across the country included 9 new appointments, of which 3 were women, and in Manitoba, only 1 woman has been appointed out of 6 judicial appointments made in 2013.

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I would also like to add to @sabbahillel's answer that when the Democrats last controlled the Senate, they changed the Senate rules and eliminated the filibuster on federal judge appointments to make it easier for the Senate to approve the appointments of the Obama administration.

While the scope of the Nuclear Option was relatively limited (only federal judge appointments I believe), there is nothing stopping it from being expanded upon by the current majority power.

We may be nearing the long - awaited appointment of a new federal judge for the United States District Court's Western District of New York.

Geoffrey Berman's interim appointment as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York is set to expire in a matter of weeks, shouldering Manhattan federal judges with the responsibility of appointing Berman until a formal nomination is made by the White House and confirmed by the Senate, finding someone else or even opting out entirely.

While the scope of the Nuclear Option was relatively limited (only federal judge appointments I believe), there is nothing...

Judge Maryanne Trump Barry presides on the 4th federal circuit Court of Appeals, and certainly has all the traditional requirements for appointment to the SCOTUS, except perhaps one — she's 79 years old, which almost certainly precludes her from consideration.

Judge Maryanne Trump Barry presides on the 4th federal circuit Court of Appeals, and certainly has all the traditional requirements for appointment to the SCOTUS, except perhaps one — she's 79 years...

She was nominated in 2011 by President Barack Obama to serve as a federal judge, but that appointment was blocked by Republicans in the U.S. Senate who complained of excessive liberal activism in her previous legal work.

Before her appointment to the federal bench in 1980, she served as a King County Superior Court judge for the State of Washington.

He also led Sierra Club's work on judicial nominations, including the filibusters of 2003 — 2006 and litigation over the constitutionality of recess appointments for federal judges, and was counsel in In re Cheney.

Milanes initially filed his lawsuit in federal court in Puerto Rico, where he also filed a motion to recuse all the district's judges and asked for appointment of an outside judge to hear the case.

In 2016, there was a small flurry of concern about the delays in appointments of judges by the federal government.

In light of the most recent round of federal judicial appointments announced last week, I wasn't surprised to find 24 women and just one man attending the Manitoba Bar Association's lunch & learn event, So You Want to be a Judge?

Several changes are being made to the role of the prothonotaries as well new appointments for judges in the Federal Court.

All Superior Court judges are appointed by the federal government and derive their inherent jurisdiction from their appointments under section 96 of the Constitution Act.

Consider paragraph 6 of Friday's Supreme Court of Canada decision in the Nadon reference: [6] The practical effect is that the appointment of Justice Nadon and his swearing - in as a judge of the Court were void ab initio.He remains a supernumerary judge of the Federal Court -LSB-...] Read more

The federal judge decides if he or she wants to refer your case for the appointment of a pro bono lawyer through the Federal Pro Bono Pfederal judge decides if he or she wants to refer your case for the appointment of a pro bono lawyer through the Federal Pro Bono PFederal Pro Bono Program.

As this issue was about to go to press, the Supreme Court of Canada announced it would hear on Jan. 15 the reference filed by the federal government regarding the Supreme Court Act and the appointment of a Federal Court judge as one of the mandatory three members from federal government regarding the Supreme Court Act and the appointment of a Federal Court judge as one of the mandatory three members from Federal Court judge as one of the mandatory three members from Quebec.

The data reflects the ongoing need to compile statistics on the appointment of judges of color to the federal bench.

A unilingual judge who has decided to accept a federal appointment isn't deciding what the correct interpretation is of the Charter, the Constitution Act, and any other applicable statute.

«[4] In our view, the answer to this question is no: a current judge of the Federal Court of Appeal is not eligible for appointment under s. 6 as a person who may be appointed «from among the advocates of that Province».

All appointments of federal judges and provincial supreme court judges in Canada are made by the Federal Cfederal judges and provincial supreme court judges in Canada are made by the Federal CFederal Cabinet.

The federal government has announced the appointment of six new judges to courts across the country.

Before his appointment to the Federal bench, Judge Hudson served as a Virginia circuit judge for Fairfax County, Director of the United States Marshals Service, as the Senate - confirmed United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and as the elected Commonwealth's Attorney for Arlington County, VirgJudge Hudson served as a Virginia circuit judge for Fairfax County, Director of the United States Marshals Service, as the Senate - confirmed United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and as the elected Commonwealth's Attorney for Arlington County, Virgjudge for Fairfax County, Director of the United States Marshals Service, as the Senate - confirmed United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and as the elected Commonwealth's Attorney for Arlington County, Virginia.

There have been a number of new judges appointed by the federal government in the last few months, and some of these new appointments have been quite controversial, raising questions about political patronage.

In May, federal officials publicly suggested McLachlin had inappropriately contacted the Prime Minister's Office the looming appointment of a Quebec judge to the Supreme Court.

A news release issued on June 17 on behalf of federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson - Raybould made public 15 appointments of either new judges or elevations of existing members of the bench.

Since those appointments in June, the federal government has announced changes to the appointment process for judges named to the Supreme Court of Canada.

The proposal would establish a federal selection process for appellate judges — gubernatorial appointment with confirmation by both houses of the legislature (the «plus»).

«Given that approximately fifty percent of the filings in this district last year were made by pro se litigants, the court has found it necessary to join the other district courts around the country that have instituted mandatory pro bono appointment programs,» Southern District Chief Judge Richard Young wrote in a letter to the federal district bar.

Federal Court judges have been elevated in the past (most recently in the case of the Harper government's very first appointment, Justice Marshall Rothstein in 2006), but none had ever been promoted to fill one of the three spots on the Supreme Court reserved for current members of the Quebec bar, the Quebec Superior Court, or the Quebec Court of Appeal.

As part of its review of the judicial appointment process, the Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs should expand the existing information on the gender of judges and include visible minorities and Indigenous people.

[3] These questions arise in the context of the appointment under s. 6 of the Honourable Marc Nadon, a supernumerary judge of the Federal Court of Appeal and formerly, but not at the time of this appointment, a member of the Quebec bar of more than 10 years standing.

Besides the Ontario appointments, the federal government named a new Quebec Court of Appeal judge on Friday.

That committee's evaluation of federal judicial nominees is critical to appointment and confirmation of all federal judges including most particularly federal trial judges.

In this program, a panel of federal judges and practitioners will review the local rule, discuss reasons why you should volunteer to accept a pro bono appointment in Connecticut's US District Court, and offer practical advice for handling these cases.

A judge may accept appointment to a governmental committee, commission, or other position only if it is one that concerns the law, the legal system, or the administration of justice, or if appointment of a judge is required by federal statute.

Anticipating controversy, the PMO has asked former Justice Ian Binnie to opine on the eligibility of a Federal Court of Appeal Judge who had before appointment, practised for over a decade at the Barreau du Québec, to be appointed to one of the three «Québec seats» on the court under s. 6 of the Supreme Court Act..

Backgrounders on the Supreme Court of Canada appointments selection process and on the appointment of a federal court judge to the Supreme Court of Canada are also attached

She believes that «there is no question that a judge of the federal court is eligible for an appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada as a representative of the Province of Québec, as long as he or she has been a member of the Québec Bar for at least 10 years.»

Judge Reinhardt graphically described some of the worst aspects of federal appointments in his 20 Questions interview on How Appealing.

The Explanatory Memorandum to the AHRC Bill provides that this different regime «ensures that there are no constitutional issues arising from the appointment of a federal judge as President».

[41] In the High Court case of Wilson v Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, [42] the majority of Court held that the appointment of a Federal Court judge to prepare a report for a Commonwealth Minister was invalid.