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Following a flurry of activity at the end of the lame duck session in which the Senate confirmed 19 "noncontroversial" nominees, President Obama renominated all but one of the 43 nominees who failed to receive an up-or-down vote. There are currently 99 vacancies on the federal courts, nearly half of which are designated judicial emergencies. The renomination of these 42 candidates came in the wake of Chief Justice John Roberts' year end address, in which he called attention to the obstruction of nominees and cited "an urgent need for the political branches to find a long-term solution to this recurring problem." To learn more about federal judicial vacancies and follow the latest developments, visit JudicialNominations.org. read more

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