President #Biden just announced his 50th round of nominees for federal judicial positions — bringing the number of announced federal judicial nominees to 244.
that's a good chunk.. google says :: Including non-Article III judges from the United States Court of Federal Claims and the United States territorial courts, there are 44 vacancies out of 890 active federal judicial positions.
So Joe has or will appoint in excess of 25% (currently 27%) of all those judges...
890 authorized Article III judgeships: nine on the Supreme Court, 179 on the courts of appeals, 677 for the US District Courts (includes territorial courts), 16 on the US Court of Federal Claims* and nine on the Court of International Trade.
#Nevada voters could vote on whether the state will adopt strict photo ID rules to vote if the initiative gains enough signatures to be on the ballot, the state supreme court ruled unanimously today.
#RIP Morgan Spurlock, the filmmaker behind the award-winning documentary "Super Size Me," died from cancer complications, his family announced on Friday.
Spurlock died Thursday, according to his family. He was 53 years old.
New York's Appellate Division has upheld Judge Juan Merchan's decision not to recuse himself from Trump's criminal trial case.
The panel of judges ruled that Trump failed to prove the judge overstepped his authority by denying a defense motion for recusal. #TrumpTrial#legal
“In March 2023, Mattus changed his profile picture to an upside-down American flag with the phrase, ‘We are not OK.’”
An Illinois man arrested after police found pipe bombs in a vehicle frequently posted civil war fantasies and right-wing conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, Covid-19, and immigrants
👀”At least 66 members of an anti-govt group founded by far-right militia figure Ammon Bundy have attempted to win local positions of influence in Republican party in #Oregon.
NCAA and the nation’s five biggest conferences have agreed to pay nearly $2.8 billion to settle a host of antitrust claims,a monumental decision that sets the stage for a groundbreaking revenue-sharing model that could start directing millions of dollars directly to athletes as soon as the 2025 fall semester.
@GottaLaff
Money and greed have ruined Pro sports to the point that I seldom watch it anymore and certainly won’t pay for the privilege of doing so. College Sports are headed down the same path.
@paul@GottaLaff I feel for you. Life in Michigan has been so calm since we elected our 3 strong women, and gave them a blue majority legislature. The legislature isn't actively embarrassing us weekly now. The GOP legislature, when we had a D governor specialized in passing poisonous legislation that they knew she'd veto, so that they could campaign on it. Psychos.
Rep. Jamie Raskin & Sen. Richard Blumenthal have intro’d legislation to enforce the Constitution's explicit language banning foreign #emoluments by prohibiting the President, VP, Cabinet officials and Members of Congress from accepting payments from foreign governments without first obtaining the consent of Congress.
Officials would be prohibited from accepting foreign payments without Congressional approval during the entire time in office and for two years after leaving.