Sentences with phrase «federal judgeships by»

It represented the culmination of years of frustration over what Democrats denounced as a Republican campaign to stall the machinery of Congress, stymie President Obama's agenda and block his choices for cabinet posts and federal judgeships by insisting that virtually everything the Senate approves be done by a supermajority.

After 24 years as a magistrate, Azrack was recommended to President Barack Obama for a federal judgeship by Sen. Kirsten Gilliband (D - N.Y.), and was confirmed by the Senate in 2014.

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And when the Senate Democratic leader announced in late March 2015 that he would not run for reelection, Sandoval returned the favor by praising his one - time patron for the federal judgeship.

To the contrary, federal appellate judges are highly respected and considered some of the brightest legal minds in the country; they did nt» secure their prestigious judgeships by being slouches.