TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely on Jun 15, 2016

Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles E. Grassley said he plans to shut down the judicial confirmation process this summer ahead of President Obama’s last months in office, Roll Call reports. The Iowa Senator said that he will allow for limited exceptions. Edward Stanton III of Memphis is among the reported more than a dozen nominees awaiting Senate approval; Stanton was nominated by Obama in May 2015 to serve as U.S. district judge for the Western District of Tennessee.