http://freebeacon.com/itchin-for-a-fight/ .....”Severino highlighted Caitlin Halligan’s nomination to the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals. Citing her stated positions on
affirmative action, gun rights, gay rights, and environmental issues,
Severino said Halligan “has staked out a position that is well left of
the American people.”
Elizabeth Slattery, a legal policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation,
said Halligan is “well outside the mainstream on some pretty
controversial issues.” Halligan has also argued against indefinite
detention and military tribunals for detainees at Guantanamo Bay,
Slattery said.
Halligan has been nominated to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals
several times, with her nomination stalling each time in the Senate.
Senate Republicans held up her first nomination over ideological
concerns.”....
.....”Elissa Cadish, nominated for the United States District Court for the
District of Nevada, ......
Nevada’s other senator, Republican Dean Heller, objected to her nomination over concerns of her support for the Second
Amendment. Cadish wrote in a 2008 questionnaire that she did not
think that a constitutional right to keep and bear arms existed, but
said that she would enforce the laws “as they exist.”
“....
.....”The other D.C. Circuit Court nominee, Srikanth Srinivasan, could
face scrutiny for his involvement in an effort to get St. Paul, Minn.,
to drop a lawsuit before the Supreme Court. Grassley has expressed concern about the incident, according to the Wall Street Journal .
The D.C. Circuit Court “has been a priority for a while,” said
Slattery. Both Slattery and Severino indicated that the D.C. Circuit
Court is often viewed as a feeder for the Supreme Court, giving
appointments to that court greater significance.”.... Severino said that while the D.C. Circuit Court does have vacancies,
it does not have as great a caseload as other circuits, making appointments there less vital. The president is more interested in
creating a “deep bench” for potential Supreme Court nominations, she said, than in filling the vacancies.
affirmative action, gun rights, gay rights, and environmental issues,
Severino said Halligan “has staked out a position that is well left of
the American people.”
Elizabeth Slattery, a legal policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation,
said Halligan is “well outside the mainstream on some pretty
controversial issues.” Halligan has also argued against indefinite
detention and military tribunals for detainees at Guantanamo Bay,
Slattery said.
Halligan has been nominated to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals
several times, with her nomination stalling each time in the Senate.
Senate Republicans held up her first nomination over ideological
concerns.”....
.....”Elissa Cadish, nominated for the United States District Court for the
District of Nevada, ......
Nevada’s other senator, Republican Dean Heller, objected to her nomination over concerns of her support for the Second
Amendment. Cadish wrote in a 2008 questionnaire that she did not
think that a constitutional right to keep and bear arms existed, but
said that she would enforce the laws “as they exist.”
“....
.....”The other D.C. Circuit Court nominee, Srikanth Srinivasan, could
face scrutiny for his involvement in an effort to get St. Paul, Minn.,
to drop a lawsuit before the Supreme Court. Grassley has expressed concern about the incident, according to the Wall Street Journal .
The D.C. Circuit Court “has been a priority for a while,” said
Slattery. Both Slattery and Severino indicated that the D.C. Circuit
Court is often viewed as a feeder for the Supreme Court, giving
appointments to that court greater significance.”.... Severino said that while the D.C. Circuit Court does have vacancies,
it does not have as great a caseload as other circuits, making appointments there less vital. The president is more interested in
creating a “deep bench” for potential Supreme Court nominations, she said, than in filling the vacancies.
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