Senate Judiciary Delays Vote on Judicial Nominees

By Seth Stern | May 21, 2009 11:04 AM | | Comments (0)

President Obama's first two judicial nominations will have to wait another week to get a vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee.

On Thursday, at least one committee Republican exercised his right to delay for a week consideration of the nominations of David Hamilton to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit and Andre Davis to the 4th Circuit.

"Our members are concerned about this nominee," said Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the committee's ranking Republican.

Sessions cited Hamilton's "troubling rulings" regarding prayer in the Indiana state legislature and religious displays.

"He will be voted on the next time," said Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt, the committee's chairman.

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