judge appointment

In keeping with their vow to prevent any more of President Barack Obama’s appeals court nominees from being confirmed until after the election, Senate Republicans July 29 successfully upheld their filibuster of Judge Robert Bacharach’s nomination to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is based in Denver. The filibuster came despite praise for Bacharach from the two GOP senators from Oklahoma, where he is currently a federal magistrate judge, and the support of three centrist Republicans who voted across the aisle. (more…)