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Notoriously activist and the most reverse circuit court in the nation, the ninth circuit court of appeals out west is still sitting with seven vacancies. before trump took office, the ninth circuit was totally lopsided, with 18 democratic and seven republican appointees. trump has managed to get one nominee through from hawaii and another from idaho is likely to be confirmed later this year, plus, a seattle attorney was nominated to the court this summer. but still, now more than half of the 13 ...

Thomas is a well-respected florida attorney whos currently a judge in the miami-dade circuit. hes one of ten children, raised in a poor family, was on welfare and would have been the first openly gay black federal trial judge in history. back in 2012, with florida senator marco rubios backing, the president nominated thomas to federal district in miami. so why, you might ask, was thomas not on the list of nominations this week? "the nomination of judge william thomas was returned by the senate a...

Nominees and judicial nominees below the supreme court which means many, if not most of these nominees just renominated this week will be on firmed which is on the whole good news. the bad news, the frankly outrageous news, is the one name missing from that list, judge william thomas of florida. thomas is a well-respected florida attorney whos currently a judge in the miami-dade circuit. hes one of ten children, raised in a poor family, was on welfare and would have been the first openly gay bla...

Outrageous news, is the one name missing from that list, judge william thomas of florida. thomas is a well-respected florida attorney whos currently a judge in the miami-dade circuit. hes one of ten children, raised in a poor family, was on welfare and would have been the first openly gay black federal trial judge in history. back in 2012, with florida senator marco rubios backing, the president nominated thomas to federal district in miami. so why, you might ask, was thomas not on the list of n...

Well, because the most notoriously activist and the most perverse circuit court in the nation, the ninth circuit court of appeals out west is still sitting with seven vacancies. before trump took office, the ninth circuit was totally lopsided, with 18 democratic and seven republican appointees. trump has managed to get one nominee through from hawaii and another from idaho is likely to be confirmed later this year, plus, a seattle attorney was nominated to the court this summer. but still, now m...