Judicial Nominations Coming Soon

By Seth Stern | March 16, 2009 1:00 PM | | Comments (0)

The Senate Judiciary Committee's chairman expects President Obama's first batch of judicial nominations to arrive by early April.

Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., said he expects the first judicial nominees to be announced before the Senate leaves for its recess on April 3.

"I'm hoping we will have hearings right after the recess," Leahy said after a speech at American University's Washington College of Law.

That schedule would put the Obama administration ahead of the pace set by Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush, in his first year in office. Bush didn't announce his first judicial nominations until May, 2001.

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