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Speaker 1: Ton Grosso and Michael Best discussed the ninety four pending
Speaker 1: federal judges waiting to be approved by the Senate. They
Speaker 1: speak with Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond,
Speaker 1: and Charles Gardner, j A professor at Indiana University University
Speaker 1: More School of Law. Carl, I can't remember the last
Speaker 1: time there was not a high number of federal judicial vacancies.
Speaker 1: Are these vacancies affecting the administration of justice at this point, Jess,
Speaker 1: they are. It just means more pressure is placed on
Speaker 1: the other judges uh to carry the substantial caseloads, and
Speaker 1: it means justice delayed as justice denied, so that litigants
Speaker 1: can't have their day in court, especially in civil cases. Charles,
Speaker 1: is there any statement at all from the Senate or
Speaker 1: the Republicans as to why they're not moving forward with
Speaker 1: these vacancies? Well, I mean there's a tradition here uh
Speaker 1: for you know, for many years UH confirmation slow down
Speaker 1: in the latter portion of an administration, and and towards
Speaker 1: the very end, I think the the idea is, we
Speaker 1: can we can stall these guys out, and we can
Speaker 1: name uh the replacements with people whose ideological inclinations are
Speaker 1: closer to our own. In other words, we'll just wait
Speaker 1: for a Republican president to jump in and and and
Speaker 1: take their place. It's it's it's it's pretty clear that
Speaker 1: that's what's going on. And if you're asking for any
Speaker 1: sort of explanation, it's, you know, you can. It tends
Speaker 1: to it heads you down the road of of you know,
Speaker 1: claims of judicial activism and so forth on the part
Speaker 1: of of Obama nominees. But but the bottom line is
Speaker 1: that they're looking for to replace these judges with people
Speaker 1: who are Republican appointees. Carl has An Obama a difficult
Speaker 1: time getting his federal judicial appointments through even since the
Speaker 1: very beginning, and I think it's substantially due to Republicans
Speaker 1: fair to cooperate work closely with the administration. But it's
Speaker 1: been especially urgent and especially clear the last two years
Speaker 1: when the Republicans had the majority, and they've managed to
Speaker 1: confirm so few judges. That's Carl Tobias, a professor at
Speaker 1: the University of Richmond, and Charles Gardner j a professor
Speaker 1: at Indiana University Mower School of Law, speaking to Bloomberg
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