Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Sen. Rubio issues blue slip for Judge Gayles

Via the Huffington Post (ht Glenn Sugameli):
WASHINGTON -- Florida judicial nominee Darrin Gayles just inched a little closer to becoming the nation's first black, openly gay man to serve as a federal judge.Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has given the green light to the Senate Judiciary Committee to proceed with Gayles' nomination to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, a committee aide confirmed to The Huffington Post on Tuesday. Specifically, Rubio has submitted his "blue slip" to the committee, a crucial step in the confirmation process whereby a senator can unilaterally approve or block a judicial nominee from his or her home state.Now that both of Gayles' senators have submitted their blue slips -- Florida Democrat Bill Nelson already turned his in -- that signals to committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) to move forward with a hearing. Gayles still has to clear the committee and pass the Senate, but Democrats are expected to carry those votes. By turning in his blue slip, Rubio has removed the biggest obstacle to Gayles' confirmation.
The initial hearing may be as soon as next week.  Congratulations on this big step forward for Judge Gayles.  I assume the blue slip was also issued for Judge Bloom, but I have not yet found any confirmation for that.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

I didnt know gayles was openly gay.

Anonymous said...

Can we please stop using the phrase "openly" gay? It's offensive.

MC Waste Services, Inc said...

uncloseted?

Anonymous said...

Why is that offensive? All it means is whether someone is open (out) about his/her sexual orientation, not whether (as the comment suggests) the person exhibits any stereotypical characteristics of a gay individual.

Anonymous said...

That's exactly why it's offensive. Why don't we say "openly straight" or "openly hetero"?

What about "openly Jewish" or "openly Episcopalian"?

Anonymous said...

why should i care if someone is openly anything unless they make it part of their biography? openly- anonymous

Anonymous said...

I've never met an openly episcopal.

Weirdos .....

Aren't they like half Mormon Half Lutheran ? And btw.. Wtf is a Lutheran ?

Anonymous said...

I knew a Lutheran kid once. Andy. Good kid.

MC Waste Services, Inc said...

http://www.jurist.org/forum/2014/03/ramzi-kassem-warrantless-wiretapping.php IF FEDERAL JUDGES ARE ABLE TO DANCE AROUND THIS NEWLY DISCOVERED EVIDENCE THERE IS NO HOPE WHAT SO EVER IN FEDERAL POST CONVICTION CLAIMS.

Anonymous said...

What do all of you Rubio haters now have to say about Rubio being homophobic and only holding up Will Thomas because he was gay?

Anonymous said...

10:24 what better way for Rubio to avoid looking homophobic than to support a gay judge? If he did rejected a 2nd qualified judge then he'd have a harder time denying it was because of that.
maybe he has a crush on Darrin