Obama's court nominees focus of speculation

[robert_allen]

WASHINGTON - President Obama will soon begin naming a small stream of nominees to the federal appeals courts, administration officials said, a step that will provide the first signs of how much he intends to impose any ideological stamp on the nation’s judiciary.

White House lawyers have compiled lists of likely candidates for vacancies on several of the 12 regional appeals courts, notably those based in Richmond, Va., and New York.

Lawyers, scholars and political scientists have been watching closely to see whether and how much Mr. Obama will use his power to nominate judges to counterbalance the evident rightward shift of the federal courts under President George W. Bush .

[andr83]

I think Obama is right. He tries to fight against the crisis.

[liquidgraph]

The right wing's gonna raise hell about this. But the courts have gone conservative quite a bit now, and I trust Obama will have the judgment to pick the right people to select the nominees.

[MHVishal]

The great onwer of obama his reallity on his country great

[pauladam]

hmmm that sound nice to me...