As the nation nears the crucial
November 4 elections, a reminder of the importance of judicial nominations is
particularly apt. Whoever wins the
presidential race will likely have two to three vacancies to fill on the
Supreme Court. Furthermore, the U.S. Senate
still has several highly qualified appellate court nominees waiting for the courtesy
of an up-or-down vote.
As
MSNBC and The
Hill report, some delegates at the recent GOP convention attempted to keep
the judges issue on the forefront of people’s minds.
Our
friend Curt Levey from the Committee for Justice explains a strategy
for getting the remaining appellate court nominees approved by a stubborn
and partisan Senate.