For the first time since the nation’s largest appeals court increased to 29 judgeships in 2009, it will have every vacancy filled with Monday’s confirmation

Opening the Courtroom Door
For the first time since the nation’s largest appeals court increased to 29 judgeships in 2009, it will have every vacancy filled with Monday’s confirmation
The Senate filled the oldest vacancy on a federal appellate court in the U.S. Monday with the narrow 56-43 confirmation of Los Angeles attorney John
Two nominees for the federal bench in Nevada and eastern Washington both have criminal defense backgrounds. On January 16, President Obama nominated Richard F. Boulware,