Showing posts with label #judiciary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #judiciary. Show all posts
Sunday, February 16, 2014
President Obama picks judges who may favor corporate America, according to study
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Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., recently took President Obama to task over judicial nominee diversity. The criticism wasn't over racial, gender, religious, or sexual orientation. Instead, it was about professional background.
Warren argued that the federal courts are increasingly dominated by judges who practiced at law firms that represented large corporations. Speaking at an event hosted by the left-leaning Alliance for Justice, she referred to a report from that organization claiming that a systemic bias in background could lead to decisions that favored corporations over individuals.
"There is an intense fight going on right now about what our federal bench will look like," Warren said. "Will it be a neutral forum that faithfully interprets the law and dispenses fair and impartial justice? Or will we see corporate capture of the federal courts with the courts transformed into just one more rigged game?"
Friday, February 14, 2014
Judicial Nominations Back on Senate Floor
Todd Ruger, Legal Times
Senate Democrats have started a push to get confirmation votes for stalled judicial nominees this year, but Republicans made it clear they won’t make it easy for President Barack Obama's picks for the bench.
Democrats and Republicans aired a disagreement on the Senate floor Wednesday that had so far this year only simmered behind the scenes. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) for the first time sought quick votes on four district court nominees, all of whom are noncontroversial and were first nominated more than six months ago.
Read more: http://www.nationallawjournal.com/legaltimes/id=1202642880125/Judicial-Nominations-Back-on-Senate-Floor#ixzz2tKFj2cPV
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