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Posted by SMAZ on Thu Dec 18 08:38:01 2014 fiogf49gjkf0d The Senate Just Cemented Obama's Judicial Legacy Jennifer Bendery - Huff Post WASHINGTON -- If there's one thing from 2014 that will define President Barack Obama's legacy after he's left the White House, it's the number of lifetime judges he put on the federal bench. In its final act of the year, the Senate blew through a dozen U.S. district court nominees on Tuesday night. That puts Obama at a whopping 89 district court and circuit court confirmations for the year, and means he'll wrap up his sixth year in office with a grand total of 305 district court and circuit court confirmations -- a tally that puts him well beyond where his predecessors were by this point in their presidencies. President George W. Bush confirmed just 32 district court and circuit court judges during his sixth year in office, according to data provided by Alliance for Justice, a progressive advocacy group focused on the federal judiciary. President Bill Clinton confirmed 65 judges in his sixth year. In total, Bush confirmed 256 district and circuit court nominees after six years in office, Clinton confirmed 302, and President Ronald Reagan confirmed 295. Those numbers include a handful of Court of International Trade confirmations. Senate filibuster reform played a major role in Obama's spike in judicial confirmations this year. Democrats changed the rules last year to require a simple majority, or 51 votes, instead of 60 votes to advance most judicial nominees. They made the change in response to Republicans abusing the filibuster rule to block several of Obama's nominees -- even noncontroversial picks. The result is that Democrats have had a much easier time getting approval for the president's picks. The numbers speak for themselves. Prior to filibuster reform, Obama got 45 judges confirmed in 2013 and 49 judges confirmed in 2012. He's nearly doubled those numbers in the last year. "These confirmations mean that, for Americans across the country, justice will no longer be delayed," said Michelle Schwartz of Alliance For Justice. "They also mean that taxpayer money will be saved by avoiding needlessly duplicative paperwork and hearings if these nominees had to be re-nominated next year. We commend Senator Reid for his dedication to confirming these judges before the end of the year." It's unclear how Obama's future judicial nominees will fare in his final two years in office, when Republicans will control the Senate. It may be that, in the end, his biggest effect on the judiciary isn't sheer numbers as much as the diversity of his judges. Forty-two percent of Obama's confirmed judges are women, 19 percent are black and 11 percent are Hispanic, according to data provided by the White House. Eleven of his confirmed judges are openly gay or lesbian. Even the 12 nominees confirmed Tuesday night will make a mark: Robert Pitman will be the first openly gay judge to serve in the Fifth Circuit, which includes Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Loretta Biggs will be the first black woman to serve as a district judge in North Carolina. Democrats spent the final days of the lame duck thanking Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) for inadvertently helping to expedite votes on Obama's nominees. On Friday, Cruz derailed a plan by party leaders to leave for the weekend and come back Monday in an effort to force a show vote on Obama's immigration executive action. The stunt kept senators in session all day Saturday, with hours to kill. So, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) used the time to tee up votes for the 12 district court nominees still on the calendar. Democratic leadership aides said they had hoped to confirm most of those nominees before the end of the lame duck session, but knew they were up against time constraints and lawmakers getting antsy about going home for the holidays. Cruz's move ensured that all 12 nominees were ready for a vote days before they would have been otherwise. "Votes would have dragged into next weekend or later and we ... likely would've been forced to cut loose more people than we wanted to," said Reid spokesman Adam Jentleson. "End-of-Congress jet fumes are the most powerful variety and they would have robbed us of some critical nominees. Now, not so, thanks entirely to Senator Cruz." Cruz spokeswoman Catherine Frazier denied that the senator's move had any effect on Obama's nominees getting through. "Everyone knows Harry Reid planned to jam forward as many nominees as he could after the omnibus passed," said Frazier. "Unfortunately, there are many on both sides of the aisle who want to distract from the more important debate over the President's unilateral action to grant amnesty." But it's hard not to see how Cruz helped move the process along. All but one of the 12 judicial nominees confirmed Tuesday night were passed on voice votes, having been teed up over the weekend. And some Republican senators openly grumbled that Cruz had handed Democrats an early Christmas present. White House press secretary Josh Earnest said he didn't know if Cruz's "shenanigans" created additional time for Obama's nominees to get confirmed. He nevertheless got in a parting shot about the Texas senator's understanding of Senate rules. "If that's the case, it may be an indication that Senator Cruz doesn't know much more about Senate floor procedure than I do," Earnest said during his Tuesday briefing. "But we certainly are pleased with the outcome."
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Posted by Fred G* on Thu Dec 18 08:40:22 2014, in response to Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by SMAZ on Thu Dec 18 08:38:01 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d He's becoming the most exciting President since Teddy Roosevelt. your pal, Fred
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Posted by Terrapin Station* on Thu Dec 18 09:30:44 2014, in response to Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by SMAZ on Thu Dec 18 08:38:01 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d Your post is not mobile friendly. Please try again.
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Posted by Fred G* on Thu Dec 18 09:34:31 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Dec 18 09:30:44 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d I can see it ok on iOS Chrome. The pic could be scaled down to a smaller resolution. your pal, Fred
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Posted by Spider-Pig* on Thu Dec 18 09:41:46 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by Fred G on Thu Dec 18 09:34:31 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d I just hit the Reader button in Safari.
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Posted by terRAPIN station* on Thu Dec 18 09:42:42 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by Fred G on Thu Dec 18 09:34:31 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d I can see it too. But because the photo is so wide, it pushes the text wider than the screen.
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Posted by terRAPIN station* on Thu Dec 18 09:42:56 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by Spider-Pig on Thu Dec 18 09:41:46 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d Safari?! Yuck!
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Posted by terRAPIN station* on Thu Dec 18 09:43:31 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by Fred G on Thu Dec 18 09:34:31 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d I have an iOs Chrome question that I don't want SelkirkTMO futzing up. Think you can help?
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Posted by Fred G* on Thu Dec 18 09:55:00 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by terRAPIN station on Thu Dec 18 09:43:31 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d Willing to help but not my area. your pal, Fre
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Posted by SMAZ* on Thu Dec 18 09:57:01 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Dec 18 09:30:44 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d I posted it from my iPhone and I am seeing it fine. Sorry but I don't know what else to do.
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Posted by SMAZ* on Thu Dec 18 09:58:26 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by terRAPIN station on Thu Dec 18 09:42:42 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d Yeah, I don't know why it did that.
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Posted by SMAZ* on Thu Dec 18 09:59:23 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by Fred G on Thu Dec 18 08:40:22 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d And the BEST since Harry Truman.
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Posted by ChicagoMotorman* on Thu Dec 18 10:01:21 2014, in response to Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by SMAZ on Thu Dec 18 08:38:01 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d Yes thank you Ted Cruz. Thank you Ted Cruz for unlike the current occupier of the White House, your undeniable love for the United States. Thank you Ted Cruz for your respect and love for the Jewish people, and the nation of Israel. Thank you Ted Cruz. And G-d bless Ted Cruz.
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Posted by ChicagoMotorman* on Thu Dec 18 10:04:45 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by SMAZ on Thu Dec 18 09:59:23 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d The worst since George Washington.
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Posted by SMAZ* on Thu Dec 18 10:05:34 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by ChicagoMotorman on Thu Dec 18 10:01:21 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d Thank you Ted Cruz. And G-d bless Ted Cruz. We absolutely agree. Signed Harry Reid and Barack Obama
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Posted by ChicagoMotorman* on Thu Dec 18 10:06:35 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by SMAZ on Thu Dec 18 10:05:34 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d Thank him by voting for him for president of the United States.
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Posted by Spider-Pig* on Thu Dec 18 10:09:40 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by terRAPIN station on Thu Dec 18 09:42:56 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d Looks like it works better here.
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Posted by SMAZ* on Thu Dec 18 10:10:12 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by ChicagoMotorman on Thu Dec 18 10:06:35 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d Have you seen his birth certificate yet?
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Posted by WillD* on Thu Dec 18 10:14:09 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Dec 18 09:30:44 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d Eh? Looks just fine in Chrome on my Note4. The iPad doesn't quite render it right, but at tis point i figure that's to be expected.
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Posted by ChicagoMotorman* on Thu Dec 18 10:40:25 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by SMAZ on Thu Dec 18 10:10:12 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d Yes. It is authentic.
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Posted by AlM* on Thu Dec 18 10:46:25 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by SMAZ on Thu Dec 18 10:10:12 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d What about his mother's birth certificate? Isn't that the real issue? :)
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Posted by ChicagoMotorman* on Thu Dec 18 10:48:58 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by AlM on Thu Dec 18 10:46:25 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d There is no issue.
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Posted by mtk52983* on Thu Dec 18 10:50:13 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by ChicagoMotorman on Thu Dec 18 10:48:58 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d So you have no problem with a Canadian being President of the United States even though that violates the Constitution?
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Posted by SMAZ* on Thu Dec 18 10:50:59 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by ChicagoMotorman on Thu Dec 18 10:40:25 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d That's DAMNING info.
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Posted by ChicagoMotorman* on Thu Dec 18 10:52:59 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by mtk52983 on Thu Dec 18 10:50:13 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d I am not a birther.
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Posted by ChicagoMotorman* on Thu Dec 18 11:02:36 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by SMAZ on Thu Dec 18 10:50:59 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d ?
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Posted by Spider-Pig* on Thu Dec 18 12:11:02 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by mtk52983 on Thu Dec 18 10:50:13 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d Ted Cruz is eligible.
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Posted by terRAPIN station* on Thu Dec 18 12:46:50 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by Fred G on Thu Dec 18 09:55:00 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d Ok. Before iOS8, you used to be able to hit "share" and Gmail was one of the options. Now, when you hit "share", Gmail is no longer one of the options. I understand that Apple changed the way the "share" function works for all apps in iOS8, such that I think now Gmail has to do something to enable it to be seen as an option in the "share" menu of other apps. But since Gmail and Chrome are from the same company, I'd have thought that those two teams would have made sure that Chrome had the same functionality in iOS8 as it did in iOS7. The fact that I can't easily email myself a webpage link anymore via Chrome/Gmail is quite the suckage.
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Posted by Spider-Pig* on Thu Dec 18 12:47:21 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by SMAZ on Thu Dec 18 10:50:59 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d How so?
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Posted by terRAPIN station* on Thu Dec 18 12:53:33 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by SMAZ on Thu Dec 18 09:57:01 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d Can you post a screenshot? The issue I'm having is the same as how it is on desktop chrome as well as on iOS Safari. It's just that the image is too big. If you posted it smaller, there wouldn't be a problem.
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Posted by terRAPIN station* on Thu Dec 18 12:54:00 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by Spider-Pig on Thu Dec 18 10:09:40 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d Looks exactly the same on Safari.
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Posted by terRAPIN station* on Thu Dec 18 12:56:03 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by terRAPIN station on Thu Dec 18 12:54:00 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d In landscape mode it actually becomes OK - you can see all the text without having to scroll left and right constantly.
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Posted by terRAPIN station* on Thu Dec 18 12:56:11 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by terRAPIN station on Thu Dec 18 12:53:33 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d In landscape mode it actually becomes OK - you can see all the text without having to scroll left and right constantly.
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Posted by Spider-Pig* on Thu Dec 18 13:13:23 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by terRAPIN station on Thu Dec 18 12:54:00 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d Not if you turn on the reader function.
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Posted by The Silence* on Thu Dec 18 13:33:33 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by mtk52983 on Thu Dec 18 10:50:13 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d he's a natural born citizen with no legal connection to Canada. his father was legally a Cuban citizen until 2005 and his mother is from Delaware.
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Posted by Spider-Pig* on Thu Dec 18 14:36:20 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by The Silence on Thu Dec 18 13:33:33 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d As he was born in Canada he is technically a Canadian citizen. Still doesn't disqualify him from the presidency.
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Posted by AlM* on Thu Dec 18 14:37:29 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by The Silence on Thu Dec 18 13:33:33 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d with no legal connection to Canada Huh? He was a born Canadian citizen and remained one until he renounced his citizenship. None of that makes him ineligible to be President of the United States, however.
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Posted by LuchAAA* on Thu Dec 18 14:38:51 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by AlM on Thu Dec 18 14:37:29 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d Huh? LOL
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Posted by AlM* on Thu Dec 18 14:43:19 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by LuchAAA on Thu Dec 18 14:38:51 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d Well, do you know what he meant?
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Posted by LuchAAA* on Thu Dec 18 14:48:36 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by AlM on Thu Dec 18 14:43:19 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d Well, haha. Oh man. You're on a roll today.
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Posted by busdude2* on Thu Dec 18 15:01:09 2014, in response to Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by SMAZ on Thu Dec 18 08:38:01 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d He is such a douche bag. Can't wait until the trash gets out of office in 2016.
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Posted by WayneJay* on Thu Dec 18 16:03:19 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by SMAZ on Thu Dec 18 10:05:34 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d Agreed! He needs to be blessed, and then some.
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Posted by italianstallion* on Thu Dec 18 17:24:30 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by Spider-Pig on Thu Dec 18 12:11:02 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d No, I think he's married.
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Posted by italianstallion* on Thu Dec 18 17:25:00 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by Spider-Pig on Thu Dec 18 14:36:20 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d He renounced Canadian citizenship last year.
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Posted by SMAZ* on Thu Dec 18 21:32:59 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by italianstallion on Thu Dec 18 17:25:00 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d Did he renounce his Cuban citizenship? According to Cuban law, he is also a citizen of that country.
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Posted by JohnL* on Fri Dec 19 19:31:10 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by terRAPIN station on Thu Dec 18 12:46:50 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d Did you ever hear the cool phrase Google is your friend?
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Posted by Railman718* on Fri Dec 19 19:35:30 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by JohnL on Fri Dec 19 19:31:10 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d Opens Door to post looks in can't resist... PWND..... Slams door to post walks away laughing....
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Posted by JohnL* on Fri Dec 19 19:41:24 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by Railman718 on Fri Dec 19 19:35:30 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d Of course, every post, every time... Let's make 2015 national shell year...
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Posted by Fred G* on Fri Dec 19 20:39:52 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by terRAPIN station on Thu Dec 18 12:46:50 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d I have "mail" as an option but it's not Gmail. your pal, Fred
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Posted by LuchAAA* on Fri Dec 19 23:30:42 2014, in response to Re: Thank You Senator Cruz, posted by Railman718 on Fri Dec 19 19:35:30 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d you have lost a lot of wars.
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