Possible Movement on First Appellate Nomination

By Keith Perine | September 15, 2009 4:12 PM | | Comments (0)

Senate Democrats are are trying to get a unanimous consent agreement for the Senate to debate and vote on the nomination of Gerard Lynch to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.

Lynch's nomination is relatively non-contentious. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the nomination by voice vote on June 11.

There are four appellate court nominations, including Lynch's, and one district court nomination pending on the Senate's executive calendar.

Lynch, currently a New York federal district judge, also served as a clerk to former Justice William J. Brennan Jr. At Lynch's Senate Judiciary confirmation hearing in May, Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions made it clear that he disagreed with Brennan's jurisprudence.

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