Senate confirms US District nominee, Republicans approach 50% of all District judicial appointees

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John A. Kronstadt, United States District Judge for the Central District of California


Required For Majority: 1/2 Vote Result: Nomination Confirmed
Vote Counts:
YEAs 96
NAYs 0
Not Voting 4 (Burr R-NC, Graham R-SC, Vitter R-LA, Wicker R-MS)

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=1&vote=00058







As usual, any analysis of the composition of courts based on political party can only tell you so much. That being said, Republican judges are dwindling as judges retire and take senior status Obama is slowly filling them up with younger and we hope less conservative appointees.

[Tx4obama]

1. Also, Vincent L. Briccetti was confirmed today.

Also, Vincent L. Briccetti, S.D.N.Y. was confirmed today
April 12, 2011, by unanimous consent

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2. That should make 255, I hope more Circuit nominees are next

http://www.bricallaw.com/Attorney-Profiles/Vincent-L-Briccetti.aspx

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3. Judiciary to vote on Bernice Bouie Donald 6th Circuit Thursday

http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=5146

[Tx4obama]

4. Currently there are 36 district nominees that have not yet been confirmed.

That leaves 40 district level vacancies that still need nominations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Barack_Obama

[Tx4obama]

5. And currently there are 8 circuit nominees that are waiting to be confirmed.

How many more nominees do we need on the Circuit level?

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6. There are 17 open spots

[Tx4obama]

7. Need 17 more nominees? Or 9 more nominees to go with the 8 we have?

I'm not sure if you mean 'open slots' = vacancies
or
'open slots' = a vacancies without nominee

Sorry I'm a bit confused here ;(

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8. Sorry, 9 more nominees to go with our 8