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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKey Judicial Seat Opens Up for Biden to Fill
https://politicalwire.com/2021/02/04/key-judicial-seat-opens-up-for-biden/Key Judicial Seat Opens Up for Biden to Fill
February 4, 2021 at 4:04 pm EST By Taegan Goddard
U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan is taking senior status in April, which opens up his seat on the U.S. District Court for President Joe Biden to fill, BuzzFeed News reports.
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Key Judicial Seat Opens Up for Biden to Fill (Original Post)
babylonsister
Feb 2021
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UncleTomsEvilBrother
(945 posts)1. Make it...
..young. Make it liberal. Make it progressive.
tblue37
(65,490 posts)2. Judge Sullivan was wonderful during Trump's attempts to rig the election.
babylonsister
(171,094 posts)3. Yes, he will be missed. I bet
he just waited and hoped mf45 would lose.
Skraxx
(2,984 posts)5. Yes, A Damn Fine Judge AND Doing A Great Thing Here!
Senior Status allows him to continue to serve but also opens a vacancy!! It seems a lot of judges waited for Biden to win and are ALSO doing this, which means Biden will have some great opportunity to repair the damage, hopefully.
Skraxx
(2,984 posts)4. A LOT Of Judges Are Doing this and it's AWESOME!!! Senior Status Allows them to CONTINUE
to serve as judges and hear cases but ALSO opens a vacancy!!! It seems a whole bunch of judges WAITED to do this!!