WEBVTT - Bloomberg Law Brief: Senate Leaves Judges Waiting (Audio)

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Law with June Grosso and Michael Best on demand

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<v Speaker 1>exploring legal issues in the news. Today, Bloomberg Law host

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<v Speaker 1>Ton Grosso and Michael Best discussed the ninety four pending

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<v Speaker 1>federal judges waiting to be approved by the Senate. They

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<v Speaker 1>speak with Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond,

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<v Speaker 1>and Charles Gardner, j A professor at Indiana University University

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<v Speaker 1>More School of Law. Carl, I can't remember the last

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<v Speaker 1>time there was not a high number of federal judicial vacancies.

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<v Speaker 1>Are these vacancies affecting the administration of justice at this point, Jess,

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<v Speaker 1>they are. It just means more pressure is placed on

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<v Speaker 1>the other judges uh to carry the substantial caseloads, and

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<v Speaker 1>it means justice delayed as justice denied, so that litigants

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<v Speaker 1>can't have their day in court, especially in civil cases. Charles,

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<v Speaker 1>is there any statement at all from the Senate or

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<v Speaker 1>the Republicans as to why they're not moving forward with

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<v Speaker 1>these vacancies? Well, I mean there's a tradition here uh

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<v Speaker 1>for you know, for many years UH confirmation slow down

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<v Speaker 1>in the latter portion of an administration, and and towards

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<v Speaker 1>the very end, I think the the idea is, we

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<v Speaker 1>can we can stall these guys out, and we can

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<v Speaker 1>name uh the replacements with people whose ideological inclinations are

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<v Speaker 1>closer to our own. In other words, we'll just wait

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<v Speaker 1>for a Republican president to jump in and and and

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<v Speaker 1>take their place. It's it's it's it's pretty clear that

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<v Speaker 1>that's what's going on. And if you're asking for any

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<v Speaker 1>sort of explanation, it's, you know, you can. It tends

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<v Speaker 1>to it heads you down the road of of you know,

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<v Speaker 1>claims of judicial activism and so forth on the part

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<v Speaker 1>of of Obama nominees. But but the bottom line is

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<v Speaker 1>that they're looking for to replace these judges with people

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<v Speaker 1>who are Republican appointees. Carl has An Obama a difficult

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<v Speaker 1>time getting his federal judicial appointments through even since the

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<v Speaker 1>very beginning, and I think it's substantially due to Republicans

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<v Speaker 1>fair to cooperate work closely with the administration. But it's

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<v Speaker 1>been especially urgent and especially clear the last two years

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<v Speaker 1>when the Republicans had the majority, and they've managed to

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<v Speaker 1>confirm so few judges. That's Carl Tobias, a professor at

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<v Speaker 1>the University of Richmond, and Charles Gardner j a professor

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<v Speaker 1>at Indiana University Mower School of Law, speaking to Bloomberg

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