Enter
POINTERS
AP PHOTO/PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS
OBAMA
SET
TO
MAKE
1 CRITICAL APPOINTMENTS
HUFFINGTON
06.02.13
President Obama is expected to nominate three judges to the United States
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which is viewed as almost
as powerful as the Supreme Court. There are currently more than 80 empty
federal judge slots across the U.S. The president’s nominees have had to wait an
average of 116 days for a confirmation vote, three times longer than the average
wait time for President George W. Bush’s nominees, due largely to congressional
gridlock. He has also nominated judges at a slower pace than past presidents,
partly because GOP senators have declined to give him nominees to choose from.