TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Brittany Sims on Apr 17, 2015

President Barack Obama today called for the Senate to confirm his attorney general nominee, Loretta Lynch, 160 days after he named her to lead the Justice Department. Obama’s comments follow the Senate’s adjournment Thursday night without any action on Lynch’s nomination. Lynch has at least 51 votes for confirmation, including from five Republicans. “Nobody can describe a reason for [the delay] beyond political gamesmanship in the Senate on an issue that’s completely unrelated to her,” the president said. The National Law Journal has more (subscription required).