Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
From an op-ed by Sen. Jeff Session (R-Ala.), on how Harry Reid was one of the architects, during the Bush administration, of the judicial filibuster. Now that Reid is Majority Leader, Reid is against the use of the filibuster for judicial nominees, and indignantly so: This controversy arose when Democratic senators met at a strategy retreat shortly after President George W. Bush took office. There,...
die young, stay pretty. (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
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Dispatches from the Culture Wars (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
The Senate finally confirmed Obama's first judicial nominee, Judge David Hamilton, for a spot on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, after months of delay from Republicans - the same Republicans who went ballistic when the same thing was done to Republican judicial nominees over the last 8 years. And as Dana Milbank documents , it took some serious situational ethics to justify it. Read the rest of...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
The Senate on Thursday voted 59-39 to confirm U.S. District Court Judge David Hamilton to the Chicago-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, the New York Times reports. Hamilton's home-state senator, Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), was the only Republican to vote for his confirmation.
Slate Magazine (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Pop quiz: Which of the following names represents a nonsectarian, universal deity? Allah, Dios, Gott, Dieu, Elohim, Gud, or Jesus? [ more ... ] Jesus - Christianity - Religion and Spirituality - David Hamilton - God
LifeNews.com (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The Senate voted today 59-39 to confirm a pro-abortion federal judge President Barack Obama appointed to become a new appeals court justice. David Hamilton, of Indiana, is the first pro-abortion judge Obama selected, but he was held up for months because of his extreme views.
JURIST (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
[JURIST] The US Senate on Thursday voted 59-39 to confirm Judge David Hamilton to the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, overcoming Republican opposition to secure President Barack Obama's first and longest-delayed judicial nominee. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said a Republican filibuster delayed the vote for five-and-a-half months, since it was first put on the...
Lynn Sweet (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
WASHINGTON--After a stall, the Senate voted 59-39 Thursday to confirm U.S. District Court Judge David Hamilton--who now presides in an Indiana courtroom--to the Chicago based 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals....
News Hounds (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Fox Nation was all whipped up into a pitchfork frenzy about the nomination of David Hamilton to the Chicago based appeals court. Usually, a federal appeals court nominee would draw no more than a yawn; but not so for Mr. Hamilton whose evil, librul record produced howls of indignation by conservative Christians throughout Fox Nation. It seems that Mr. Hamilton, described as a “Judicial Anarchist”...
Abovethelaw.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
* The Army Corps of Engineers doesn't care about black people. [ WSJ Blog ] * Thank God for Brian Leiter. Here's what the Super Lawyers rankings look like, adjusted for class size, not adjusted for U.S. News Top-14 status. Now I can comfortably say, HLS to #1! [ Brian Leiter's Law School Reports ] * Sometimes I park, in handicapped spaces, while handicapped people, make handicapped ... Oww. I think...
Michelle Malkin (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
David Hamilton is a hard Left, former ACORN fund-raiser and abortion radical who was rated “not qualified” by the ABA. [...] Read the rest »
Politico (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Democrats overcome GOP filibuster on David Hamilton.
Indy Star (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Judge David Hamilton was nominated by President Obama to U.S. Court of Appeals.
Advance Indiana (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
U.S. District Court Judge David Hamilton has just been confirmed for a seat on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals by the U.S. Senate on a vote of 59-39 vote per the Indiana Law Blog. indiana politics civil rights law
How Appealing (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
"Senate confirms controversial judge": The Associated Press has a report that begins, "The Senate has confirmed David Hamilton for the Chicago-based federal appeals court after Democrats stopped a Republican filibuster. Conservatives targeted Hamilton, labeling him a liberal activist. Hamilton, a...
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