Two new federal district judges will come from this list:
Beatrice Butchko
Jack Tuter, Jr.
John Thornton, Jr.
David Haimes
Thomas Rebull
Mary Barzee Flores
Martin Bidwill
Daryl Trawick
Jeffrey Colbath
Darrin Gayles
Robin Rosenberg
Migna Sanchez-Llorens
Meenu Sasser
Veronica Harrell-James
Beth Bloom
Barry Seltzer
Peter Lopez
I've listed the applicants in interview order. The interviews are on September 17, and this list will be narrowed to 4 people.
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wow - rick bascuas got shut out...thats unfair as he is CLEARLY the most qualified.
ReplyDeleteLast thing we need is a pompous law professor
ReplyDeleteI wholeheartedly concur with 9:37 AM.
ReplyDeleteThornton and Bloom, among others, would be excellent additions to the federal bench.
Why so many Republicans on the list? Isn't Obama still President?
ReplyDeleteWhether we need a law professor or not is not the real issue. I strongly concur that given his qualifications,Bascuas deserved an interview. This was a real misstep.
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ReplyDeleteI was joking
Bascuas has no business applying
According to my independent research, only two of the seventeen applicants who will be interviewed are not judges -- Barzee Flores and Harrell-James. Without commenting on any of the judges individually (some, I know, are allegedly excellent), I am disappointed at the lack of diversity of the applicants. Federal judging is not just presiding over trials and handing down sentences; it is so much more than that. So, yeah, while the JNC should interview Thorton and Rosenberg (our next two federal judges), they ought also to have interviewed Bascuas and others who aren't judges. The entire process needs to be more diverse.
ReplyDeleteBascuas belongs exactly where he is
ReplyDeleteBascuas was arrested? When? Did he pull a Prof. Jones?
ReplyDeleteSleeper in this crowd is Bidwill. He will definitely impress and has a very diverse legal background.
ReplyDeleteOnly 2 hispanics here. There are a lot of excellent hispanic attorneys but they are not applying. That's a shame. Thornton is a decent person and an excellent judge; great demeanor. Don't know much about Rosenberg.
ReplyDeleteThat's D. Marvin Jones to you, pal.
ReplyDeleteHe's an imporant man, that Professor Jones.
He just has a mental illness where he has been caught twice for picking up really poor hookers in really destitute parts of town. (How many times has he not been caught???)
Bro - go spend some money and hire an escort. Or what, not enough psychological power there over the prostitute ?
what a hypocrite, Jones is, with his holier than thou methodology.
Diversity is going to be important in the appointment process--see the article from the DBR today. Thornton and Rosenberg may get nominated again but that does not help diversity in any respect.
ReplyDeleteThe Obama administration is seeking diversity in the picks. The JNC has to be aware of that.
http://www.dailybusinessreview.com/PubArticleDBR.jsp?id=1202617492454&thepage=2 I HOPE NONE OF THEM ARE BLACK
ReplyDeleteThe panel should ask each of the judges whether they personally write any of their more substantive orders or opinions, e.g., those granting motions to dismiss, motions for summary judgment, motions to suppress, motions for a new trial, findings of fact and conclusions of law. And, if yes, how often. The civil side of the federal docket is done almost exclusively through written submissions; a good amount of the criminal side is done through written submissions, too. The panel should be selecting the strongest or most experienced writers.
ReplyDeleteIn what courthouse will the judges be seated?
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