http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/appointment/ en-us Tue, 12 May 2009 11:55:38 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2249146/posts *** The SCOTUS shortlist? According to a couple of sources in the know, there appears to be a working short list of about six names for President Obama’s Supreme Court pick. The co-frontrunners (in no particular order): Diane Wood of the 7th Circuit, Solicitor General Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor of the 2nd Circuit, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Merrick Garland of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. First Read, MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2249146/posts#comment Tue, 12 May 2009 11:55:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2181213/posts US President Barack Obama faced a host of personnel problems this week, as two top appointees bowed out because of unpaid income taxes and another pick distressed some in the Jewish community. Slideshow: Pictures of the week Samantha Power, a Harvard University genocide expert and former Obama campaign adviser, has been appointed to the the National Security Council's multilateral institutions office. She has been criticized in the past for making statements critical of Israel and its treatment of the Palestinians. In one clip making the rounds courtesy of YouTube, Power accuses Israel of "major human rights abuses," though she distinguishes... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2181213/posts#comment Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:11:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2161575/posts In addition to all the other reasons we've talked about this week for opposing confirmation of Eric Holder as attorney general, The Heritage Foundation alerts us to his "Sixth Amendment Problem." Citing an article by Harvey Silvergate in The National Law Journal, we learn: "...Holder strongly suggested that, when deciding whether to indict a corporation — and indictment can be a death sentence for companies in certain businesses — they consider whether the company has "cooperated" in the investigation. "Cooperation" was partially defined by whether the corporation agreed to waive the legally protected attorney-client and work-product privileges...including corporate counsel's discussions... Gun Rights Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2161575/posts#comment Fri, 9 Jan 2009 15:24:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2160983/posts Roland Burris: Not a Virgin in A Chicago Whorehouse From research collected at Chicago: Crime Kind of Town (Many thanks Maggie F) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2151323/posts?q=1&;page=251 Connect the dots: Loop Capital Markets — a big donor to Illinois politicians — secretly funneled money to a Philadelphia attorney to gain business with the city of Philadelphia, according to a federal indictment there. FROM: http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:KwpyAfyGBk8J:therealbarackobama.wordpress.com/2008/10/20/ayers-and-obama-fixed-chicagos-schools-not-really/+Roland+Burris+%2B+Obama&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=40&gl=us Burris has gone on to receive over $1 million in no-bid, low-effort “consulting” contracts from Illinois State agencies under the Governor’s control as well as a $5000/month “retainer” from Loop Capital, headed by BHO homie Jim Reynolds. FROM: http://www.barackbook.com/Profiles/JamesReynoldsJr.htm “In... Chicago: Crime Kind of Town http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2160983/posts#comment Thu, 8 Jan 2009 17:12:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2141288/posts U.S. Constitution - Article 1 Section 6 Article 1 - The Legislative Branch Section 6 - Compensation paragraph two states: "No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office." The Constitution of the United States of America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2141288/posts#comment Tue, 2 Dec 2008 05:56:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2136515/posts For more than a year the American people have been tortured, ad nauseum, with the Obama campaign theme, “Change We Can Believe In.” Republicans... and a few curious Democrats... have asked to be enlightened on the exact meaning of that theme, but to no avail. Their inquiries have been met either with stony silence or meaningless platitudes... most equating to whatever is the anti-Bush theme of the day in Democratic circles. But now that Obama is the presumptive president-elect we’ll very soon get to see exactly what he meant. (Obama will not be the president-elect until sometime around noon EST,... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2136515/posts#comment Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:43:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100223/posts Former solicitor general under the Clinton Administration Walter Dellinger told the Washington Post that Granholm is on a short list of five people to replace an outgoing Supreme Court Justice if Democrat Barack Obama is elected President. WWJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100223/posts#comment Wed, 8 Oct 2008 05:32:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1998015/posts "...Midge Rendell went on to become a federal trial court judge in 1994 and was appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1997 to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals..." "...She is now one step away from a seat on the highest court in the land, the U.S. Supreme Court, and Specter says that could be in her future..." Post-gazette.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1998015/posts#comment Mon, 7 Apr 2008 17:45:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1796438/posts Under pressure from House Republicans, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record) may be backing away from a plan to place Rep. William J. Jefferson on the Homeland Security Committee. “It’s being considered,” a Democratic aide acknowledged Monday. Jefferson, D-La., who is the subject of a federal bribery investigation, was tapped last month by Pelosi to serve on the panel because it oversees much of the recovery effort in his New Orleans district. The House Democratic Caucus approved the appointment last week. Only a procedural vote on the House floor was needed to make him an official member of the... CQPolitics.com on Yahoo.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1796438/posts#comment Wed, 7 Mar 2007 02:23:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1786321/posts WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record), who stripped embattled Rep. William Jefferson (news, bio, voting record) of his seat on a powerful tax committee last year, has decided to put him on the Homeland Security panel, infuriating some Republicans who charge he may be a security risk. Jefferson, a Louisiana Democrat, was kicked off the Ways and Means Committee amid a federal bribery probe, yet still won re-election to a ninth term. Pelosi is giving him a seat on the panel after Jefferson was outspoken in his criticism of the homeland security agencies that responded to... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1786321/posts#comment Sat, 17 Feb 2007 01:39:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1771932/posts ALBANY, New York: If Hillary Rodham Clinton wins the White House in 2008, New York Governor Eliot Spitzer would appoint a successor to fill her Senate seat for two years, a situation that has renewed speculation Robert F. Kennedy Jr. might one day follow in his father's political footsteps. Kennedy has long expressed an interest in the Senate seat from New York that was held by his father Robert Kennedy for more than three years until his assassination in 1968 as he pursued the Democratic presidential nomination. Kennedy, a New York-based environmental lawyer, did not immediately return a telephone message... AP via IHT.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1771932/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:50:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1722703/posts WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (AP) — With Congress now in a recess, President Bush on Thursday bypassed opposition from Democrats in the Senate and the United Mineworkers of America and appointed his nominee to head the agency that oversees mine safety. Mr. Bush appointed Richard M. Stickler, who is expected to serve about a year until the end of the next session of Congress. Mr. Stickler, of Terra Alta, W. Va., will head the Mine Safety and Health Administration, which has been without a leader for two years. <-Snip->Mr. Bush nominated Mr. Stickler last year, but Senate Democrats have blocked the... AP via NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1722703/posts#comment Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:24:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1700463/posts SIMI VALLEY How does Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito describe the last year, when he endured a bruising confirmation fight in the Senate to land a seat on the nation's highest court? "I sometimes feel as if I had an out of body experience," he said. Speaking Tuesday to a capacity crowd at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Alito described the highs and lows that came with being plucked from the relative quiet of a seat on the federal bench in New Jersey and landing in the spotlight of Washington politics. It was, he said, "certainly quite a change." Hounded... ap on Riverside Press Enterprise http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1700463/posts#comment Wed, 13 Sep 2006 03:43:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1695914/posts The UN has appointed Antero Lopes as Acting Police Commissioner for the UN peacekeeping operation Timor East, the world body announced Tuesday. Lopes joined the UN Integrated Mission in East Timor (UNMIT) in mid-August. He had previously assisted in the planning of the police component of the new mission as a member of the assessment mission led by Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Envoy, Ian Martin, in June. From 1993 to 1995 Lopes served as a Regional Commander and Chief of Operations in the former Yugoslavia, where he was also co-founder of the project that lead to the Human Rights Commission... AKI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1695914/posts#comment Tue, 5 Sep 2006 19:51:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1648175/posts SACRAMENTO The Coastal Commission has told an appointee of Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez that she should not show up to vote on a high profile Pebble Beach golf development because her appointment was made in violation of state law. The commission's executive director, Peter Douglas, said Monday that Elizabeth Brem's appointment as an alternate was not sanctioned by the commissioner she would represent. She agreed to skip the meeting, Douglas added. Nunez last week named four people to serve as commission alternates just days before the panel was set to vote on the Pebble Beach development, which is backed by... ap on Riverside Press Enterprise http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1648175/posts#comment Tue, 13 Jun 2006 00:07:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1540688/posts SACRAMENTO — Republican lawmakers scolded Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday, telling him in a closed-door meeting how seriously his support among party stalwarts is wavering. --snip-- The Republican loyalists cast the hiring of Susan Kennedy, a top advisor to former Gov. Gray Davis, as a betrayal that raises a fundamental question about Schwarzenegger: Is he a Republican, or isn't he? "When my quarterback throws the ball to the other team, I've got worries," said Assemblyman Ray Haynes (R-Murrieta), in an interview after the meeting. Some of the lawmakers told the governor that unhappiness over the Kennedy appointment is widespread. There... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1540688/posts#comment Thu, 15 Dec 2005 02:24:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1533416/posts Top California Republicans are wondering if Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is moving left politically following his appointment to chief of staff of Susan Kennedy – a leading liberal activist and former aide to Democrat Gov. Gray Davis. "We're not moving anywhere," Schwarzenegger says, insisting that he is continuing to go "in the same direction." Some of his Republican colleagues wonder what direction that may be. "I'm getting more e-mails off of this [the Kennedy appointment] than I do for Viagra," said Mike Spence, president of the California Republican Assembly, in an interview with the L.A. Times newspaper. "Since the special election,... Newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1533416/posts#comment Sat, 3 Dec 2005 19:25:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1491318/posts A mock Supreme Court argument in a gay-rights case reminds us that liberals sometimes agree with the next chief justice WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- You won't see John Roberts among the head shots of Supreme Court justices posted at the William & Mary Law School, site of the 2005-06 Supreme Court Preview. Instead of Roberts' face in the space reserved for the chief justice there is a question mark, a reflection of Roberts-like caution on the part of the organizers of this annual conference on the new court term. After all, Roberts hasn't been confirmed yet. But if Roberts is missing... Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1491318/posts#comment Mon, 26 Sep 2005 06:29:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1490451/posts If President Bush wants to make a "diversity" pick for a Supreme Court nomination, must he swim shallow or deep in the pool of conservative minority and female possibilities? Conventional wisdom last week suggested that Bush, after tapping Judge John Roberts, a white male, for the position of chief justice, was unlikely to name another white male for the remaining high court vacancy, the seat currently held by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female justice. Of course, conventional wisdom immediately after O'Connor announced her impending retirement held that Bush would maintain or increase diversity on the high court in... Law.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1490451/posts#comment Sat, 24 Sep 2005 11:31:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1489106/posts WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 - President Bush is focused on Hispanics, African-Americans and women to succeed Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, and he may announce his choice for her seat on the Supreme Court as early as the court's opening days in October, Republican strategists said on Wednesday. Republicans noted that it was still early in the process and that the strategists were putting forth a diverse selection of potential nominees in part to portray the White House as interested in people from politically important constituencies. The timing of the announcement, strategists said, could allow a nominee to be confirmed as early... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1489106/posts#comment Thu, 22 Sep 2005 04:44:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1470495/posts Senator Diane Feinstein today spoke a little about Supreme Court nominees, and what we can expect from the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings. She also let us in on what issues Liberals in the U.S. consider when they think of the rulings that affected them, and which they cherish the most. Feinstein told those gathered to hear her at a meeting of the L.A. County Bar Association that in her opinion the person chosen to replace Sandra Day O'Connor should be "balanced and Fair," and not come from either extreme. She then proceeded to give a history lesson to those gathered,... NewsMax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1470495/posts#comment Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:56:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1455977/posts Excerpts from the coming senate judiciary committee hearings on the nomination of Judge John Roberts to the Supreme Court. Arlen Specter (R-PA): Senator Allen, have you any questions of Judge Roberts? Senator Allen (R-VA): Yes I do. Good morning Judge Roberts. Judge Roberts: Good morning Senator. Allen: Your honor, my democrat colleagues on this committee have read tens of thousands of pages -- excuse me -- my democrat colleagues have had their STAFFS read tens of thousands of pages of documents and Lexis Nexis transcripts looking for some scandal to pin on you, and they have been unsuccessful. But I... My wierd mind http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1455977/posts#comment Wed, 3 Aug 2005 12:17:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1455955/posts  (click here to see it reeeeeeeally large) IowaPresidentialWatch.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1455955/posts#comment Wed, 3 Aug 2005 11:02:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1452871/posts In June, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid promised an up-or-down vote, but only if the White House opened sensitive files to Senate rummaging. The White House refused — and quite appropriately so. And so the game drags on. Well, again, it's time to bring it to a halt. Rumors abound in Washington that Bush will take the opportunity of a congressional recess to put Bolton in the U.N. in time for September's General Assembly convocation. The so-called recess appointment would keep Bolton on the job until February 2007 — and who knows what would happen then? Sure, such a course... NY POST.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1452871/posts#comment Fri, 29 Jul 2005 03:10:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1443721/posts Perhaps Sen. Charles Schumer should have taken the Quiet Car. Here's what the New York Democrat reportedly was overheard saying the other day on Amtrak: "Even William Rehnquist is more moderate than they expected. The only one that resulted how they predicted [was] Scalia. So most of the time they've gotten their picks wrong, and that's what we want to do to them again." Whether or not this quote from the Drudge Report is accurate, the sentiment is correct: The litany of conservative disappointments over Supreme Court appointments is long. Earl Warren. Harry Blackmun. John Paul Stevens. Anthony Kennedy and... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1443721/posts#comment Fri, 15 Jul 2005 18:21:03 GMT