S.1653 - Federal Judgeship Act of 2009

A bill to provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit and district judges, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)

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  • Short: Federal Judgeship Act of 2009 as introduced.
  • Official: A bill to provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit and district judges, and for other purposes. as introduced.

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11/22/10
» Judicial vacancies reaching cris...

A comprehensive judgeship bill has not been enacted since 1992, and omnibus judgeship legislation, introduced this session by Leahy in th...

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09/15/10
S. 1653 [110th]: Convention on Sup...

18 Jun 2007

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09/14/10
Government Policy: CRS Issue State...

On September 8, 2009, S. 1653 was introduced in the Senate to authorize the establishment of additional federal circuit and district judg...

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09/14/10
Penny Hill Press » Blog Archive » ...

On September 8, 2009, S. 1653 was introduced in the Senate to authorize the establishment of additional federal circuit and district judg...

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05/04/10
Diversity and the Federal Bench - ...

17, 2009, http://www.uscourts.gov/judconf/09-Mar.pdf; see S.1653, 111th Cong. (2009); John G. Roberts, Jr., 2009 Year-End Report on the F...

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05/04/10
Diversity and the Federal Bench - ...

17, 2009, http://www.uscourts.gov/judconf/09-Mar.pdf; see S.1653, 111th Cong. (2009); John G. Roberts, Jr., 2009 Year-End Report on the F...

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03/02/10
This Is The End « The H2: Sneaking...

A subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing Wednesday on the proposed Federal Judgeship Act of 2009 (S. 1653), w...

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01/21/10
The (Missed) Opportunity of a Life...

Additionally, the Federal Judgeship Act of 2009 (S. 1653), which contains recommendations for new vacancies by the Judicial Conference of...

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12/23/09
Thanksgiving and the Third Branch

...of work and case loads, suggesting that all these additional seats that are needed. Senator Leahy has introduced the bill, S.1653, and...

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11/23/09
US Courts | TTB | November 2009 | ...

S. 1653, the Federal Judgeship Act of 2009, was introduced on September 8, 2009, by Judiciary Committee Chair Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT...

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