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Under the provisions of the Constitution, one of the most important roles of the United States Senate is to advise and consent to presidential nominations. The Senate Judiciary Committee considers both executive nominations and judicial nominations. Nominations that fall under the jurisdiction of the Judiciary Committee include nominations to the federal courts, including the Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals, the U.S. District Courts, and the Court of International Trade, as well as several executive nominations within the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Commerce and others.

The status of recent nominations sent to the Senate and referred to the Judiciary Committee can be found on Thomas, the congressional search engine maintained by the Library of Congress.

Judiciary Committee Reported Nominations Pending On The Senate Executive Calendar

*The nomination of Jesse M. Furman to be a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York.  Furman appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on July 28, 2011.  The Judiciary Committee reported the nomination to the full Senate on September 15, 2011.icon_webcast

*The nomination of Cathy Bencivengo to be a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of California.  Bencivengo appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 7, 2011.  The Judiciary Committee reported the nomination to the full Senate on October 6, 2011. icon_webcast

*The nomination of Gina Marie Groh to be a U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of West Virginia.  Groh appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 7, 2011.  The Judiciary Committee reported the nomination to the full Senate on October 6, 2011. icon_webcast

*The nomination of Margo Brodie to be a U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York.  Brodie appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 7, 2011.  The Judiciary Committee reported the nomination to the full Senate on October 6, 2011. icon_webcast

*The nomination of Adalberto Jose Jordan to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit.  Jordan appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 20, 2011.  The Judiciary Committee reported the nomination to the full Senate on October 13, 2011.  icon_webcast

*The nomination of John M. Gerrard to be a U.S. District Judge for the District of Nebraska.  Gerrard appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 20, 2011.  The Judiciary Committee reported the nomination to the full Senate on October 13, 2011. icon_webcast

*The nomination of Mary E. Phillips to be a U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.  Phillips appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 20, 2011.  The Judiciary Committee reported the nomination to the full Senate on October 13, 2011. icon_webcast

*The nomination of Thomas O. Rice to be a U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington.  Rice appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 20, 2011.  The Judiciary Committee reported the nomination to the full Senate on October 13, 2011. icon_webcast

*The nomination of David Nuffer to be a U.S. District Judge for the District of Utah.  Nuffer appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 20, 2011.  The Judiciary Committee reported the nomination to the full Senate on October 13, 2011. icon_webcast

*The nomination of Stephanie D. Thacker to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit. Thacker appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 4, 2011.  The Judiciary Committee reported the nomination to the full Senate on November 3, 2011.  icon_webcast

*The nomination of Michael W. Fitzgerald to be a U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California.  Fitzgerald appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 4, 2011.  The Judiciary Committee reported the nomination to the full Senate on November 3, 2011.  icon_webcast

*The nomination of Ronnie Abrams to be a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York.  Abrams appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 4, 2011.  The Judiciary Committee reported the nomination to the full Senate on November 3, 2011.  icon_webcast

*The nomination of Rudolph Contreras to be a U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia.  Contreras appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 4, 2011.  The Judiciary Committee reported the nomination to the full Senate on November 3, 2011.  icon_webcast

*The nomination of Miranda Du to be a U.S. District Judge for the District of Nevada.  Du appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 4, 2011.  The Judiciary Committee reported the nomination to the full Senate on November 3, 2011.  icon_webcast

*The nomination of Susie Morgan to be a U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana.  Morgan appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 19, 2011.  The Judiciary Committee reported the nomination to the full Senate on November 10, 2011.  icon_webcast

*The nomination of Michael E. Horowitz to be the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Justice.  Horowitz appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 19, 2011.  The Judiciary Committee reported the nomination on November 10, 2011.  The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged of further consideration of the nomination and the nomination was reported to the full Senate on November 30, 2011.  icon_webcast

*The nomination of Jacqueline H. Nguyen to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.  Nguyen appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on November 2, 2011.  The Judiciary Committee reported the nomination to the full Senate on December 1, 2011.  icon_webcast

*The nomination of Gregg J. Costa to be a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas.  Costa appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on November 2, 2011.  The Judiciary Committee reported the nomination to the full Senate on December 1, 2011.icon_webcast

*The nomination of David C. Guaderrama to be a U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas.  Guaderrama appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on November 2, 2011.  The Judiciary Committee reported the nomination to the full Senate on December 1, 2011.icon_webcast

*The nomination of Kathryn Keneally to be an Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division at the U.S. Department of Justice.  Keneally appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on November 16, 2011.  The Judiciary Committee reported the nomination to the full Senate on December 8, 2011.  icon_webcast

*The nomination of Brian C. Wimes to be a U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri.  Wimes appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on November 16, 2011.  The Judiciary Committee reported the nomination to the full Senate on December 15, 2011. icon_webcast

*The nomination of Paul Watford to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. Watford appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on December 13, 2011.  The Judiciary Committee reported the nomination to the full Senate on February 2, 2012.  icon_webcast

*The nomination of Anuj Chang Desai to be a Member of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission.  The Judiciary Committee reported the nomination to the full Senate on February 2, 2012.

*The nomination of Dennis J. Erby to be a U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of Mississippi.  The Judiciary Committee reported the nomination to the full Senate on February 2, 2012.
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Did You Know?  In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed the Judiciary Reorganization Bill to empower the President to appoint an additional justice for every sitting justice over the age of 70 and one half years.  The members of the Judiciary Committee strongly opposed Roosevelt's proposal.

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