Loading The Dice With Lackeys: What's at stake in power struggle over judges

Democrats have struck back at Republican senators' filibusters of President Barack Obama's three current nominees to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit. The struggle signals an escalation of the confirmation battles in which the courts and litigants are largely innocent victims.

Congress has authorized a set number of judgeships for each of the 13 courts of appeals, including 11 for the D.C. Circuit. Filling vacancies in those judgeships has become more contentious over the last 20 years.

The Senate approved 88% of President Ronald Reagan's nominees, but that figure has been in the low 70s since the Clinton administration. And it takes longer. Reagan's appellate judges got confirmed on average in 60 days. For President Bill Clinton, the average was 238 days, a number that shot up to 355 for President George W. Bush and is currently 257 for Obama's appointees

More: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/21/opinion/wheeler-judges-power-struggle/
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Loading The Dice With Lackeys: What's at stake in power struggle over judges

Loading The Dice With Lackeys: What's at stake in power struggle over judges

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