Tomorrow, I will travel
to Washington, DC, to meet with White House officials about the vacancy crisis.
Nearly one out of every ten federal judgeships remains vacant, and more
than 250 million Americans live in a community with a courtroom vacancy.
The Minnesotans
traveling to Washington with me are:
- Thao
Mee Xiong, Public Policy Specialist, Minnesota Coalition for Battered
Women - See Vang Thao, Attorney
We will join 150
advocates (including many other law professors from Penn, Georgia State, FIU, and
other law schools) from 27 states in a day of discussions with White House
staff. A deal between Senate Republicans and Democrats to allow judicial
nominations to proceed in the Senate expires May 7th, and we are urging the
Senate to hold final up-or-down votes on all pending nominees.
After the White House meeting, we will visit the offices of key
senators, including Senators Klobuchar and Franken, to urge them to work to end
the delays that have plagued the Senate confirmation process since the
beginning of the Obama presidency.
Despite the delays, the overwhelming majority of Obama’s nominees
have garnered tremendous bipartisan support, such as Susan Nelson who was
confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota by unanimous
voice vote in December 2010. We hope our
conversations in Washington will help national leaders understand how harmful
the confirmation delays have been to Americans who are seeking justice.
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