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Thursday, May 21, 2009
Courts - President Obama's Indiana nominees David Hamilton and Dawn Johnsen remain in limbo
No vote has yet been scheduled for full Senate consideration of Bloomington law professor Dawn Johnsen to head the DOJ office of legal counsel. According to this March entry from the Blog of Legal Times, "The Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines [March 19th] to endorse Dawn Johnsen to lead the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, sending her nomination to the full Senate for what is expected to be a contentious debate."
Indiana federal Judge David Hamilton has had two Senate Judiciary Committee hearings re his nomination to the 7th Circuit (see this April 30th ILB entry), but the word today is that the Judiciary Committee has now postponed any vote on sending the nomination to the Senate floor.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on May 21, 2009 12:35 PM
Posted to Courts in general