Not exact matches
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.»
She was twice nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, only to see her first
nomination filibustered and her second sunk by charges of
judicial activism by Senate Republicans
over gun industry litigation during her time as solicitor general.
Longtime police officer Frank Petrone, who said that he is «looking to switch
over to the
judicial end of the spectrum,» received the GOP
nomination to vie with incumbent Bruce Blatchly for the post of town justice.
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.