It's All Politics A Senate Truce Post-Goodwin Liu? Unlikely May 20, 2011 While the ashes still smolder from President Obama's failed nomination of Goodwin Liu for the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, it's probably worth asking, how can the Senate get past the cycle of retribution that makes it resemble the Appalachian feud the Hatfield and McCoys?
The Two-Way Obama Will Try Again On More Than A Dozen Judicial Nominees January 4, 2011 The White House will tomorrow renominate more than a dozen candidates for judicial positions on federal courts, a person familiar with the administration's plans tells NPR. The Senate failed to vote on the nominees last year.