Posted on 05/19/2005 2:15:18 PM PDT by Catholic and Conservative
Today and yesterday, two articles in the Tribune by Jill Zuckman stated:
"Since Bush took office, he has made 218 judicial nominations and the Senate has confirmed 208 of them."That leaves 10 nominees that were not confirmed, by Ms. Zuckman's count. However, it can be easily verified that the following 17 individuals were nominated to circuit courts by President Bush during the 107th or 108th Congress, but never confirmed:
Claude Allen, Terrence Boyle, Janice Brown, Miguel Estrada, Richard A. Griffin, Thomas B. Griffith, William Haynes, Brett Kavanaugh, Carolyn Kuhl, David McKeague, William Myers, Susan Neilson, Priscilla Owen, Charles W. Pickering, William Pryor, Henry Saad, William Steele
In addition to the circuit courts, the following four individuals were renominated by the president to district courts, after the Senate failed to take action on their nominations in previous congresses:
Thomas Ludington, Daniel Ryan, Peter Sheridan, Sean CoxThese four nominees have not been confirmed.
In total, the number of judicial nominations that President Bush has made but the Senate has not confirmed is at least twice what the Tribune indicated.
I hope the Tribune will see fit to print a correction in a timely manner, indicating the actual number of nominees that have been nominated but not confirmed.
Respectfully yours,
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P.S. The articles in question were:
"Fuse Lit on Senate's judicial fight", 5/18/05, section 1, page 9
"Neither side blinks as Senate starts debate", 5/19/05, section 1, page 14
If anyone sees an error or omission, please post it here.
I got my information on the circuit court nominations from http://dalythoughts.com/index.php?p=3419#comments which has this to say about their current status:
Claude A. Allen was nominated during the 108th Congress, and returned to the President due to inaction. President Bush did not renominate him to the 109th.
Miguel Estrada was nominated during the 107th and 108th Congresses. After he was filibustered, he requested his nomination be withdrawn. It was.
William Steele was nominated to the 107th. He was returned to the President, who did not renominate him subsequently.
Carolyn B. Kuhl was nominated to both the 107th and 108th, returned both times. President Bush has not renominated her.
Charles Pickering was nominated to both the 107th and 108th, and was returned both times. As with William Pryor, he received a recess appointment. Unlike William Pryor, he has not been renominated to the 109th.
In effect, these five have been defeated due to the Democrats refusing a vote.
The status of the other 12:
Brett Kavanaugh stuck in the Judiciary committee
Thomas B. Griffith out of committee, awaiting action by full Senate.
Janice R. Brown out of committee, awaiting action by full Senate.
William H. Pryor out of committee, awaiting action by full Senate.
William Gerry Myers out of committee, awaiting action by full Senate.
Henry W. Saad stuck in Judiciary
Susan Bieke Neilson stuck in Judiciary
David W. McKeague stuck in Judiciary
Richard A. Griffin stuck in Judiciary
Priscilla R. Owen out of committee, awaiting action by full Senate.
William J. Haynes stuck in Judiciary
Terrence W. Boyle stuck in Judiciary
Comment by Gerry 5/19/2005 @ 3:54 pm
For district court, also add Fritz Rohlfing of Hawaii. He was nominated but never even had a committee hearing. The supposed reason was that Sen. Inouye (D) had a snit about not being consulted by the White House to get Inouye's blessing prior to the nomination. Rohlfing eventually withdrew his name after several years.
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