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Sunday, September 23, 2007

Ind. Courts - Federal District Judge John Tinder Senate hearings on nomination to 7th Circuit Tuesday, Sept. 25th

From the Indianapolis Star's weekly Behind Closed Doors column today:

Sen. Richard Lugar, a Republican, and Sen. Evan Bayh, a Democrat, plan to give U.S. District Judge John Tinder of Indianapolis a bipartisan introduction at Tinder's confirmation hearing Tuesday to the federal appeals court.

Unlike some of President Bush's judicial nominations, Tinder has not run into trouble with congressional Democrats.

Conservative and liberal advocacy groups have argued over who's to blame for some long-standing vacancies on the federal appeals court.

Sen. Pat Leahy, the Vermont Democrat who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, points out that his panel has confirmed more judges this year than were confirmed in 2005 when Republicans controlled Congress.

Tinder would replace Judge Daniel Manion, a former Indiana state senator, on the 14-member appeals court for the Seventh Circuit.

Here is the link to the official Senate Judiciary Committee hearing page for Sept. 25th. Scheduled at 2:30 p.m.:
John Daniel Tinder to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit

Robert M. Dow, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois

You will be able to listen to the hearing via this C-Span site, by selecting "SD-226" at 2:30 pm on Tuesday.

For background on the Tinder nomination, start with this ILB entry from August 13, 2007.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on September 23, 2007 10:42 AM
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