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Nominations

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 Dawn Johnsen to be the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel.  Johnsen appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 25.  Her nomination was reported on March 19.  icon_webcast


*The nomination of Mary L. Smith to be Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division.  Smith Appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 12.  Her nomination was reported on June 11.  icon_webcast


*The nomination of Christopher H. Schroeder to be the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy.  Schroeder appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 24.  His nomination was reported on July 28.


*The nomination of Beverly Baldwin Martin to be a Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit.  Martin appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on July 29.  Her nomination was reported on September 10.  icon_webcast


*The nomination of Joseph A. Greenaway to be a Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit.  Greenaway appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 9.  His nomination was reported on October 1. icon_webcast


*The nomination of Jacqueline H. Nguyen to be a District Judge for the Central District of California.  Nguyen appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 23.  Her nomination was reported on October 15.  icon_webcast


*The nomination of Edward Milton Chen to be a District Judge for the Northern District of California.  Chen appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 23.  His nomination was reported on October 15.  icon_webcast


*The nomination of Dolly M. Gee to be a District Judge for the Central District of California.  Gee appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 23.  Her nomination was reported on October 15.  icon_webcast


*The nomination of Richard Seeborg to be a District Judge for the Northern District of California.  Seeborg appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 23.  His nomination was reported on October 15.  icon_webcast


*The nomination of Barbara Keenan to be a Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit.  Keenan appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 7.  Her nomination was reported on October 29.  icon_webcast


*The nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to be a member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission.  Jackson appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 7.  Her nomination was reported on November 5.icon_webcast


*The nomination of Jane Branstetter Stranch to be a Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit.  Stranch appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 21.  Her nomination was reported on November 19.  icon_webcast


*The nomination of Victoria Angelica Espinel to be the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator in the Executive Office of the President.  Espinel appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on November 4.  Her nomination was reported on November 19.  icon_webcast

*The nomination of Benjamin B. Tucker to be the Deputy Director for State, Local and Tribal Affairs for the Office of National Drug Control Policy.  Tucker appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 21.  His nomination was reported on November 19. icon_webcast
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Did You Know?  The Federal Judiciary Act of 1789 required Supreme Court justices, in addition to presiding on the Supreme Court, to "ride the circuit," and preside over circuit court cases.  The death of James Iredell, one of the original Supreme Court Justices, was said to be due in part to illness caused by harsh weather conditions when riding the circuit.  Supreme Court justices continued to "ride the circuit" until 1891.

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