Mark Saalfield Norris Sr. is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. He served as a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate from 2001 through 2018,serving as Majority Leader from 2007 to 2018.
During President Bill Clinton's first and second terms of office,he nominated 24 people for 20 federal appellate judgeships but the nominees were not processed by the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee. Three of the nominees who were not processed were nominated after July 1,2000,the traditional start date of the unofficial Thurmond Rule during a presidential election year. Democrats claim that Senate Republicans of the 106th Congress purposely tried to keep open particular judgeships as a political maneuver to allow a future Republican president to fill them. Of the 20 seats in question,four were eventually filled with different Clinton nominees,fourteen were later filled with Republican nominees by President George W. Bush and two continued to stay open during Bush's presidency. Senator Harry Reid,the Democratic leader of the United States Senate during the 110th Congress,and Senator Patrick Leahy,the Democratic leader of the Senate Judiciary Committee under Reid,repeatedly mentioned the controversy over President Clinton's court of appeals nominees during the controversy involving the confirmation of Republican court of appeals nominees during the last two years of Bush's second term. Republicans claimed that Democrats were refusing to confirm certain longstanding Bush nominees in order to allow a future Democratic president in 2009 to fill those judgeships.
During George H. W. Bush's term in office as the president of the United States of America,he nominated 11 individuals for 10 different federal appellate judgeships who were not processed by the Democratic-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee. The Republicans claim that Senate Democrats of the 102nd Congress on purpose tried to keep open particular judgeships as a political maneuver to allow a future Democratic president to fill them. All 10 of the judgeships were eventually filled with Clinton nominees,although one nominee,Roger Gregory,was nominated by Clinton and then renominated by President George W. Bush. None of the nominees were nominated after July 1,1992,the traditional start date of the unofficial Thurmond Rule during a presidential election year. Senator Orrin Hatch,the Republican leader of the Senate Judiciary Committee during the 106th Congress mentioned the controversy over President George H.W. Bush's court of appeals nominees during the following controversy involving the confirmation of any more Democratic court of appeals nominees during the last two years of President Bill Clinton's second term.
During President Ronald Reagan's presidency,he nominated two people for the Supreme Court and at least twelve people for various federal appellate judgeships who were not confirmed. In some cases,the nominations were not processed by the Democratic-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee before Reagan's presidency ended,while in other cases,nominees were rejected by the Senate Judiciary Committee or even blocked by unfriendly members of the Republican Party. Three of the nominees were renominated by Reagan's successor,President George H. W. Bush. Two of the nominees,Ferdinand Francis Fernandez and Guy G. Hurlbutt,were nominated after July 1,1988,the traditional start date of the unofficial Thurmond Rule during a presidential election year. Eight of the thirteen seats eventually were filled by appointees of President George H. W. Bush.
Kurt Damian Engelhardt is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Previously,he was the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Benita Yalonda Pearson is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio and formerly a United States magistrate judge on the same court.
U.S. President Barack Obama nominated over 400 individuals for federal judgeships during his presidency. Of these nominations,Congress confirmed 329 judgeships,173 during the 111th &112th Congresses and 156 during the 113th and 114th Congresses.
AndréBirotte Jr. is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California and previously served as United States Attorney for the Central District of California. On July 22,2014,the United States Senate unanimously confirmed Birotte to serve as a district judge in Los Angeles after being nominated by President Barack Obama.
Kevin Hunter Sharp is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
Troy Lynne Nunley is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
Haywood Stirling Gilliam Jr. is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
George Carol Hanks Jr. is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Lawrence Joseph Vilardo is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York.
Eli Jeremy Richardson is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
William Lynn "Chip" Campbell Jr. is an American lawyer who serves as the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
Barry Weldon Ashe is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Donald Trump,President of the United States from 2017 to 2021,entered office with a significant number of judicial vacancies,including a Supreme Court vacancy due to the death of Antonin Scalia in February 2016. During the first eight months of his presidency,he nominated approximately 50 judges,a significantly higher number than any other recent president had made by that point in his presidency. By June 24,2020,200 of his Article III nominees had been confirmed by the United States Senate. According to multiple media outlets,Trump significantly impacted the composition of the Supreme Court and lower courts during his tenure.
James David Cain Jr. is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
Clifton Leland Corker is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
Waller Lansden Dortch &Davis,LLP is a large U.S. law firm in Nashville,Tennessee with other offices in the Southern United States.
