judicial confirmations
Justin Walker, 37, lacks the experience to be a lifetime federal judge, says the American Bar Association. Republicans voted for him anyway.
Matthew Spencer Petersen admits to "the challenge that would be ahead of me."
It is literally the Senate's job to confirm judges.
They're blocking their own nominees and skipping votes for others. Because Obama.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Five of this year's nominees will get votes by mid-February.
As a country that presents itself as a leader among nations when it comes to rule of law, the corruption of the process of selecting judges in a partisan manner ought to be an international embarrassment.
GOP senators want credit this year for judges they confirmed last year. OK!
Another Utah judicial nominee is ready for a vote, and has the support of Utah's GOP Sens. Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee, but
Thirty-three of those 83 empty seats are considered "judicial emergencies." At the circuit courts, that means that because