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Marilyn is serving in her eighth term as an elected member of the Governors Council, the elected body which approves Judicial Nominees in the State of Massachusetts.

and other one - world liberals who have persistently pressed judicial nominees in recent years to consider the legal opinions of foreign courts and other bodies when deciding cases here at home?

The so - called blue slip process allows lawmakers to weigh in on judicial nominees in their states.

Axelrod also said Sunday that Senate Republicans should not filibuster Sotomayor's nomination, even though Democrats in the Senate have mounted filibusters against Republican judicial nominees in recent years.

Defended federal judicial nominee in publicized trial which was held during the course of ongoing United States Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings.

Not exact matches

While his nominees have received blue slips from Democratic senators in Colorado, Michigan, and Indiana, Trump has mostly avoided naming judicial nominees for district and circuit courts from states represented by at least one Democrat.

While the denial of a blue slip does not legally restrict a judge from being approved, Glenn Sugameli, an attorney who is an expert on judicial nominations, told Business Insider in an email earlier this week that «no circuit court nominees have been confirmed over objection of one (or two) home state senators — including under Obama.»

Republicans need just a simple 51 - vote total to confirm a judicial nominee after the filibuster on lower - level court judicial nominees was killed by Democrats when they last controlled the Senate in an effort to help move along some of Obama's nominees more quickly.

The blue slip is a century - old Senate tradition in which senators can give or withhold their blessing for a judicial nominee from their state.

Moreover, when the Senate changed its filibuster rules in 2013, so that judicial nominees were exempt, the change did not extend to Supreme Court nominees.

Senator Susan Collins is pro-choice but votes in favor of Republican judicial nominees, who are generally pro-life.

The answer is that since November 2013 a simple majority has sufficed because of the Senate's decision to end the use of the filibuster in respect of all nominees to Federal judicial and executive branch positions other than to the Supreme Court itself.

In many states where the following positions are elected offices, voters elected state executive branch offices (including Lieutenant Governors (though some will be voted for on the same ticket as the gubernatorial nominee), Secretary of state, state Treasurer, state Auditor, state Attorney General, state Superintendent of Education, Commissioners of Insurance, Agriculture or, Labor, etc.) and state judicial branch offices (seats on state Supreme Courts and, in some states, state appellate courtsIn many states where the following positions are elected offices, voters elected state executive branch offices (including Lieutenant Governors (though some will be voted for on the same ticket as the gubernatorial nominee), Secretary of state, state Treasurer, state Auditor, state Attorney General, state Superintendent of Education, Commissioners of Insurance, Agriculture or, Labor, etc.) and state judicial branch offices (seats on state Supreme Courts and, in some states, state appellate courtsin some states, state appellate courts).

«Members of the New York State Senate should take seriously their responsibilities with regard to judicial nominees,» said NYFC Executive Director Rev. Jason McGuire said in a statement released late last night.

Long's proposition is that her work as a judicial activist organizing the opposition to non-conservative Supreme Court nominees will give her a particular advantage in attracting independent expenditures.

«As a member of the bipartisan «Gang of 14,» I will follow our agreement that judicial nominees should be filibustered only under extraordinary circumstances,» Nelson said in a statement.

«Jim D * ke, a Republican consultant based in South Carolina and an adviser to Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, called the nomination «an opportunity for the minority party to represent a majority of Americans who oppose judicial activism» but added that Republican would do well to wait until a nominee is chosen «before passing judgment lest they lose credibility with the American people.»

Jim Dyke, a Republican consultant based in South Carolina and an adviser to Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, called the nomination «an opportunity for the minority party to represent a majority of Americans who oppose judicial activism» but added that Republican would do well to wait until a nominee is chosen «before passing judgment lest they lose credibility with the American people.»

In the case of the Supreme Court vacancy, the Judicial Delegates, also elected by Democratic voters in the Primary, then vote for the Democratic nominee from among the qualified candidates at a judicial conventioIn the case of the Supreme Court vacancy, the Judicial Delegates, also elected by Democratic voters in the Primary, then vote for the Democratic nominee from among the qualified candidates at a judicial conJudicial Delegates, also elected by Democratic voters in the Primary, then vote for the Democratic nominee from among the qualified candidates at a judicial conventioin the Primary, then vote for the Democratic nominee from among the qualified candidates at a judicial conjudicial convention.

A Brown victory would instantly deny Democratic Senate leader Harry Reid the 60 - vote super-majority he needs in order to prevent the Republican Senators from filibustering key votes on healthcare reform and the President's judicial nominees.

One of Trump's most controversial judicial nominees — Brett J. Talley — did not disclose on publicly available congressional documents that he is married to a senior lawyer in the White House Counsel's Office.

Given the lack of any real competition for judicial nominees running on the Democratic ballot line, Ling - Cohan will most surely be returned to the bench in November.

During the judicial primary elections September 12, Brooklyn Democratic voters seemed to base their selections for Civil Court judge primarily on gender; immune, apparently, to an ongoing squabble over the process for selecting the nominees, who are virtually guaranteed election in November given the borough's Democratic tilt.

Another issue in 2014 was the Democratic governor's perceived use of his judicial nominating authority to reward political loyalty; one of his two 66 - year - old nominees was Anthony Avallone, a former 10 - year state senator from New Haven and a longtime member of the Democratic National Committee.

In 2013, the Democrats enacted the so - called nuclear option, requiring 51 votes instead of 60 to clear executive branch and some judicial nominees.

Trump's judicial appointments rank «pretty high» in terms of his climate change legacy, said Glenn Sugameli, who runs the Judging the Environment project, which tracks judicial nominees» environmental records.

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After an initial primary, two recounts and a judicial order for a re-vote, the voters of Hartford and Windsor choose Brandon McGee over Leo Canty, to be the Democratic nominee in the General Assembly's 5th House District, on Tuesday.

Even though Media Matters claims that my article titled «Radical Judicial Nominee Jack McConnell's Disturbing ACORN Connections» is «nothing new» and the connections I drew in the article «between ACORN and progressives» are «even weaker than previous conservative attacks,» Media Matters apparently felt a need to try to refute it.

'' [I] f I were a Democrat, particularly one running for office in the 2006 elections, I would be deathly afraid that the face and image of the party is going to be represented most prominently by Senator Leahy and his right hand person for judicial nominees, Senator Schumer (D - NY).

«Hearings on the nomination of the Honorable Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court are scheduled to begin March 20 and interest in the nominee's judicial record is high.

In Barack Obama's first year in office, 42 percent of his judicial nominees were women and 52 percent were minoritieIn Barack Obama's first year in office, 42 percent of his judicial nominees were women and 52 percent were minoritiein office, 42 percent of his judicial nominees were women and 52 percent were minorities.

Whether involved in the pre - or post-nomination vetting process, the hardworking members of this ABA committee have been unwavering in their focus on providing thorough, nonpartisan peer evaluations analyzing the competence, integrity and temperament of each judicial nominee.

The ABA Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary provides comprehensive evaluations to decision - makers regarding federal judicial nominees» professional competence, integrity and temperament in the effort to seat the most qualified judges.

A clip of a federal judicial nominee struggling to define legal terms and concepts, such as motion in limine and the Daubert standard, has received more than 5.5 million views.

NationalJournal.com has an item headlined «Sessions Says He's Looking For Judicial Restraint; New Ranking Member On Senate Judiciary Panel Describes What He's Seeking In A Supreme Court Nominee.»

«A Deep Bench»: Today in The New York Times, Senior U.S. District Judge Ann Aldrich (N.D. Ohio), along with her judicial law clerks, Alex Frondorf and Richard J. Hawkins, have an op - ed that begins, «To succeed Justice David Souter on the Supreme Court, President Obama should select a nominee with experience that no other sitting justice has — service as a trial judge on a federal district court.»

In 2012, voters rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would have allowed the governor to appoint a majority of the members of the appellate judicial commission and given the governor four nominees, rather than three, to choose from in appointing appellate judgeIn 2012, voters rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would have allowed the governor to appoint a majority of the members of the appellate judicial commission and given the governor four nominees, rather than three, to choose from in appointing appellate judgein appointing appellate judges.

There are forums for every court and judge in the federal judiciary, as well as forums for federal judicial nominees (here is the forum for John Roberts) and federal appellate court opinions.

The judicial nomination process has turned up some embarrassing news about 4th Circuit nominee E. Duncan Getchell: Back in 2004, a Virginia appeals court dismissed his appeal of an $ 8 million jury verdict because Getchell and his firm failed to file the trial transcript.

But on the op - ed page of the Hartford Courant, Norm Pattis urges an end to the whispering campaign about another federal judicial nominee, Vanessa Bryant to the U.S. district court in Connecticut, who received a «not qualified» rating from the ABA earlier this week.

The Third District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission has been asked to provide Governor Rick Scott with nominees for the vacancy in the Third District Court of Appeal resulting from the resignation of Judge Frank Shepherd.

The Standing Committee on Federal Judicial Improvements (along with 13 co-sponsors) is recommending the House endorse use of bipartisan commissions to consider and recommend nominees to fill vacancies in the federal district courts and the U.S. Court of Appeals.

Both gubernatorial candidates oppose Amendment 3, a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow governors to appoint a majority of the members of the appellate judicial commission and give governors four nominees, rather than three, to choose from in appointing appellate judges.

In 2012, Arizona voters rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would have increased the number of judicial nominees submitted to the governor from three to eight, and in 2013, the supreme court struck down a statute that would have increased the number of nominees to fivIn 2012, Arizona voters rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would have increased the number of judicial nominees submitted to the governor from three to eight, and in 2013, the supreme court struck down a statute that would have increased the number of nominees to fivin 2013, the supreme court struck down a statute that would have increased the number of nominees to five.

Judicial Nominating Commission announces nominees for judgeship in Anderson, Shelby and Spencer counties

The Chief Justice then meets with the Judicial Nominating Commission in that area to choose three nominees to submit to the Governor.

FRANKFORT, Ky., Oct. 25, 2012 — The Judicial Nominating Commission, led by Chief Justice of Kentucky John D. Minton Jr., met today in Burkesville, Ky., to choose three nominees to fill the vacant Circuit Court judgeship in the 40th Judicial Circuit.

Judicial nominating commissions are responsible for reviewing applications and selecting nominees for appointment to judicial vacancies in their dJudicial nominating commissions are responsible for reviewing applications and selecting nominees for appointment to judicial vacancies in their djudicial vacancies in their district.

Judicial nominating commissions review applications for judicial vacancies in their district and select nominees for appointment by the gJudicial nominating commissions review applications for judicial vacancies in their district and select nominees for appointment by the gjudicial vacancies in their district and select nominees for appointment by the governor.