Posted on 05/26/2006 4:37:17 PM PDT by new yorker 77
Since President Bush took office in 2001 he has nominated 62 individuals to the U.S. Court of Appeals.
14 individuals have been nominated twice while 6 individuals have been nominated three times.
88 Total Nominations (50% Confirmed – 44 Confirmations; 88 Nominations)
62 Different Nominees (71% Confirmed – 44 Confirmed; 6 Withdrawn; 1 Retired; 11 Pending)
42 Nominated One Time (74% Confirmed – 31 Confirmed; 3 Withdrawn; 8 Pending)
14 Nominated Two Times (64% Confirmed – 9 Confirmed; 2 Withdrawn; 1 Retired; 2 Pending)
6 Nominated Three Times (67% Confirmed – 4 Confirmed; 1 Withdrawn; 1 Pending)
107th Congress (53% Confirmation Rate)
32 Nominees (32 New Nominees)
17 Confirmed
15 Not Confirmed
108th Congress (53% Confirmation Rate)
34 Nominees (20 New Nominees; 14 Renominated)
18 Confirmed
16 Not Confirmed
109th Congress (41% Confirmation Rate)
22 Nominees (10 New Nominees; 6 Renominated; 6 Re-Renominated)
9 Confirmed
2 Not Confirmed
11 Pending
62 Different Nominees (71% Confirmed – 44 Confirmed; 6 Withdrawn; 1 Retired; 11 Pending)
42 Nominated One Time (74% Confirmed – 31 Confirmed; 3 Withdrawn; 8 Pending)
14 Nominated Two Times (64% Confirmed – 9 Confirmed; 2 Withdrawn; 1 Retired; 2 Pending)
6 Nominated Three Times (67% Confirmed – 4 Confirmed; 1 Withdrawn; 1 Pending)
* Nominated twice.
** Nominated three times.
C New tone Clintonoid nominee.
The following list of 62 represents the status of President Bush's nominees to the U.S. Court of appeals.
I have listed them in the order they were nominated with the most recent nomination at the start of the list.
I have also noted if they were nominated twice or three times with * or **.
62 – Moore, Kimberly Ann – Nominated May 18, 2006 – Federal Circuit – PENDING
61 – Shepard, Bobby E. – Nominated May 18, 2006 – Eighth Circuit – PENDING
60 – Gorsuch, Neil M. – Nominated May 10, 2006 – Tenth Circuit – PENDING
59 – Holmes, Jerome A. – Nominated May 4, 2006 – Tenth Circuit – PENDING
58 – Smith, Milan – Nominated February 14, 2006 – Ninth Circuit – PENDING
57 – Wallace, Michael B. – Nominated February 8, 2006 – Fifth Circuit – PENDING
56 – Ikuta, Sandra Segal – Nominated February 8, 2006 – Ninth Circuit – PENDING
55 – Chagares, Michael – Nominated January 25, 2006 – Third Circuit – CONFIRMED April 4, 2006
54 – Smith, Norman R. – Nominated December 16, 2005 – Ninth Circuit – PENDING
53 – Payne, James Hardy – Nominated September 29, 2005 – Tenth Circuit – WITHDRAWN
52 – Griffith, Thomas – Nominated May 10, 2004 – DC Circuit – CONFIRMED* June 14, 2005
51 – Benton, William – Nominated February 12, 2004 – Eighth Circuit – CONFIRMED June 24, 2004
50 – Hall, Peter – Nominated December 9, 2003 – Second Circuit – CONFIRMED June 24, 2004
49 – Van Antwerpen, Franklin – Nominated November 21, 2003 – Third Circuit – CONFIRMED May 20, 2004
48 – Sykes, Diane – Nominated November 14, 2003 – Seventh Circuit – CONFIRMED June 24, 2004
47 – Gruender, Raymond – Nominated September 29, 2003 – Eighth Circuit – CONFIRMED May 20, 2004
46 – Haynes, William – Nominated September 29, 2003 – Fourth Circuit – PENDING*
45 – Brown, Janice - Nominated July 25, 2003 – DC Circuit – CONFIRMED* June 8, 2005
44 – Kavanaugh, Brett - Nominated July 25, 2003 – DC Circuit – CONFIRMED* May 26, 2006
43 – Myers, William – Nominated May 15, 2003 – Tenth Circuit – PENDING*
42 – Fisher, D. Michael – Nominated May 1, 2003 – Third Circuit – CONFIRMED December 9, 2003
41 – Allen, Claude – Nominated April 28, 2003 – Fourth Circuit – WITHDRAWN
40 – Duncan, Allyson – Nominated April 28, 2003 – Fourth Circuit – CONFIRMED July 17, 2003
39 – Bea, Carlos – Nominated April 11, 2003 – Ninth Circuit – CONFIRMED September 29, 2003
38 – Pryor, William H. – Nominated April 9, 2003 – Eleventh Circuit – CONFIRMED* June 9, 2005
37 – Chertoff, Michael– Nominated March 5, 2003 – Third Circuit – CONFIRMED June 9, 2003
36 – Wesley, Richard – Nominated March 5, 2003 – Second Circuit – CONFIRMED June 11, 2003
35 – Callahan, Consuelo – Nominated February 12, 2003 – Ninth Circuit – CONFIRMED May 22, 2003
34 – Colloton, Steven – Nominated February 12, 2003 – Eighth Circuit – CONFIRMED September 4, 2003
33 – Prado, Edward – Nominated February 6, 2003 – Fifth Circuit – CONFIRMED May 1, 2003
32 – Griffin, Richard - Nominated June 26, 2002 – Sixth Circuit – CONFIRMED** June 9, 2005
31 – Bybee, Jay - Nominated May 22, 2002 – Ninth Circuit – CONFIRMED* March 13, 2003
30 – Raggi, Reena – Nominated May 1, 2002 – Sixth Circuit – CONFIRMED September 20, 2002
29 – Rogers, John - Nominated December 19, 2001 – Sixth Circuit – CONFIRMED November 14, 2002
28 – Saad, Henry - Nominated November 8, 2001 – Sixth Circuit – WITHDRAWN**
27 – Neilson, Susan - Nominated November 8, 2001 – Sixth Circuit – CONFIRMED** October 27, 2005
26 – McKeague, David - Nominated November 8, 2001 – Sixth Circuit – CONFIRMED** June 9, 2005
25 – Steele, William - Nominated October 9, 2001 – Eleventh Circuit – WITHDRAWN
24 – Gibbons, Julia - Nominated October 9, 2001 – Sixth Circuit – CONFIRMED July 29, 2002
23 – Smith, D. Brooks - Nominated September 10, 2001 – Third Circuit – CONFIRMED July 31, 2002
22 – O’Brien, Terrence - Nominated August 2, 2001 – Tenth Circuit – CONFIRMED April 15, 2002
21 – Howard, Jefferey - Nominated August 2, 2001 – First Circuit – CONFIRMED April 23, 2002
20 – Melloy, Michael - Nominated July 10, 2001 – Eighth Circuit – CONFIRMED February 11, 2002
19 – Clifton, Richard - Nominated June 22, 2001 – Ninth Circuit – CONFIRMED July 19, 2002
18 – Kuhl, Carolyn - Nominated June 22, 2001 – Ninth Circuit – WITHDRAWN*
17 – Hartz, Harris - Nominated June 21, 2001 – Tenth Circuit – CONFIRMED December 6, 2001
16 – Tymkovich, Timothy - Nominated May 25, 2001 – Tenth Circuit – CONFIRMED* April 1, 2003
15 – Pickering, Charles - Nominated May 25, 2001 – Fifth Circuit – RETIRED*
14 – Riley, William - Nominated May 23, 2001 – Eighth Circuit – CONFIRMED August 2, 2001
13 – Smith, Lavenski - Nominated May 22, 2001 – Eighth Circuit – CONFIRMED July 15, 2002
12 – Prost, Sharon - Nominated May 21, 2001 – Federal Circuit – CONFIRMED September 21, 2001
11 – McConnell, Michael - Nominated May 9, 2001 – Tenth Circuit – CONFIRMED November 15, 2002
10 – Sutton, Jeff - Nominated May 9, 2001 – Sixth Circuit – CONFIRMED* April 29, 2003
09 – Cook, Deborah - Nominated May 9, 2001 – Sixth Circuit – CONFIRMED* May 5, 2003
08 – Clement, Edith - Nominated May 9, 2001 – Fifth Circuit – CONFIRMED November 13, 2001
07 – Owen, Priscilla - Nominated May 9, 2001 – Fifth Circuit – CONFIRMED** May 25, 2006
06 – Shedd, Dennis - Nominated May 9, 2001 – Fourth Circuit – CONFIRMED November 19, 2002
05 – Boyle, Terence - Nominated May 9, 2001 – Fourth Circuit – PENDING**
04 – Gregory, Roger - Nominated May 9, 2001 – Fourth Circuit – CONFIRMED C July 20, 2001
03 – Parker, Barrington - Nominated May 9, 2001 – Second Circuit – CONFIRMED C October 11, 2001
02 – Estrada, Miguel - Nominated May 9, 2001 – DC Circuit – WITHDRAWN*
01 – Roberts, John G. - Nominated May 9, 2001 – DC Circuit – CONFIRMED* May 8, 2003
19 Total Vacancies (11% Vacant – 19 Vacancies / 179 Seats)
15 Current Vacancies
4 Future Vacancies for 2006
8 Nominees Pending for Current Vacancies
2 Nominees Pending for Future Vacancies
I retrieved all of this data from the Justice Department Website.
I then tabulated these percentages.
For your use. Feel free to correct me if need be.
FYI
It was a fatal mistake to ever let than RINO get a chairmanship of committee which is this important to all of America. Bush' refusal to publicly disagree with anyone has resulted in another goatf*ck on nominees.
I also plan to tabulate the number of days from nomination to confirmation for these nominees.
It is also key to recognize that the confirmation rate is what matters.
This emphasizes how the liberals are using delay tactics to destroy the nomination process.
He just keep shoving his nominees back down the liberals throats.
Good classification. How many "C"s are there?
There were two in 2001.
#3 and #4
Yes, I can see that now. Thanks! It's a great list you hammered together here, took some effort.
Only an hour actually.
No biggie.
It's to inform other freepers.
Thanks for the analysis, and the links...Slightly off-topicx question...in a article posted after yours, ( which I'll ping you to ) William Kristol in the Weekly Standard as a curious line about "if there is a SCOTUS vacancy next month.." I haven't seen any rumors of late, have you?
Great stats and your hard work should have been done by the RNC. How can posters get out this info to voters before Nov.?? It would show not only Specter as not the quickest chair to get these nominations up and confirmed before a possible Dem takeover. Also, it would show how the Dems have slowed down the process and blocked great candidates. Still, W has not even put forward many nominees for openings already present. Those stats should be published also.
I have not seen anything either.
I would not bet on anything.
No one expected O'Connor to step down.
No one expected Rehnquist to have held on through all his cancer woes. Had he been cured, he would still be on the bench.
19 Total Vacancies (11% Vacant – 19 Vacancies / 179 Seats)
15 Current Vacancies
4 Future Vacancies for 2006
8 Nominees Pending for Current Vacancies
2 Nominees Pending for Future Vacancies
The only apparent downside in dumping Specter from that Chairman spot would have been the bad press we would have gotten for 'purging pro choice' members from leadership. Yeah, I can just count all the great stories they wrote about Bush supporting liberals in the Senate. We got absolutely NOTHING on that deal and it still pisses me off.
Unfortunately, Milan Smith was confirmed.
Bush has done a good job with his Supreme Court picks (assuming everything we and he think is true) and he has had numerous high-profile conservatives confirmed to the lower courts, which is great.
Most of what we know about those picks was generated by the controversy surrounding them, i.e., the Democrats attacks and conservative support brought out a lot of information to enlighten us on their judicial philosophy, record on the bench, etc.
What has me concerned is the nomination and recent confirmation of Milan Smith. He is clearly not a conservative, has no judicial experience, and was a real estate lawyer. His claim to fame appears to be taking a position to the left of Pete Wilson when he was on the labor board in CA. His chief qualification is being Sen. Gordon Smith's brother and he was enthusiastically supported by Barbara Boxer.
That's a long-winded route to a troubling question, what do we know about many of the past and current nominees? From what little info I've been able to find there are several nominees that could hardly be considered conservative (e.g., Ikuta) and a lot of talk that very few actual conservatives stand any chance of confirmation between now and November. If the Democrats, PFAW, etc. do the freaky deaky on some of the nominees, what does that say about the others who sail through?
Milan Smith is also 63 years old.
He will achieve senior status in less than two years.
His pick may simply be a bone to Gordon Smith, Oregon Senator and brother of Milan Smith.
You don't think Specter has attempted to sabotage the party? Sabotage might not be the right word but certainly he is as much of a liberal activist as Biden or Leahy. When Specter was questioning Justice Roberts he was indistinguishable from Kennedy, Schumer or Leahy. The Judiciary is historically a partisan committe but usually you have a partisan who represents your own party. Specter is a free-agent who spends as much time on their side as he does on ours. There isn't a single 'moderate' on the Dem side on that committee because they KNOW what that committee does. Yet, we have the most milquetoast "Scottish Law" following liberal member of our committee membership leading the cabal. The guy should have never been given a spot on that committee in the first place since he was never an GOP ideologue and a questionable legal mind.
But we could have had Jeff Sessions as the chair instead of Specter. The alternative wasn't a Democrat but a real republican by just bypassing the seniority rule. Frist and Bush just punted on this to avoid bad press. And now we get the lowest rate of judges in over a decade and investigations of the NSA that Dems requested.
Arkansan tapped for 8th Circuit
Bush nominated U.S. Magistrate Judge Bobby E. Shepherd, who has worked for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas for nearly 13 years, to replace another Arkansan, Circuit Judge Morris Sheppard Arnold…. Shepherd will be an able replacement, Arnold said Monday. “Judge Shepherd has an excellent reputation among members of the bench and bar in Arkansas. All of us on the 8th Circuit look forward to welcoming him,” he said….
As I've said many times, I'd prefer a conservative to chair the Judiciary Committee, but I realize the validity of political considerations and the necessity for keeping the wheels of the Senate working smoothly.
There is nothing wrong with including political calculations in any decision involving governance.
To pretend one can govern otherwise is naive.
The art of governing people, even if you're a ruthless dictator such as Hitler - is a political art.
However, it is not solely a political art. There are other qualities, which are too numerous to mention here.
For some, however, one quality takes precedent over all others: ideological purity.
Junking people aside for ideological reasons is a tactic of the Democratic left. Do you wish to emulate them?
Do you wish to emulate them? YES. I'd rather not show up to a gunfight with a knife. Otherwise, we are in complete agreement.
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