tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post6944634969834843185..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Judges, PleaseJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-36151822419626542212013-04-26T11:41:14.619-05:002013-04-26T11:41:14.619-05:00What about law professors and current public offic...What about law professors and current public officials (including judges), who needn't "take a year away from their careers" when nominated? If this is the game now, the Obama Administration just needs to be smarter about where it's drawing nominees from.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-62818195928082825792013-04-25T12:44:09.365-05:002013-04-25T12:44:09.365-05:00It is pretty hard at this point to find lawyers wi...It is pretty hard at this point to find lawyers willing to take a year away from their careers to be scrutinized by the FBI and trashed in the conservative press, all for the honor of withdrawing their going-nowhere nominations a year later. No one is going to sign up to participate in a totally broken process.alkalihttp://www.disqus.com/alkalinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-69913538746439943902013-04-24T17:53:56.243-05:002013-04-24T17:53:56.243-05:00Okay, they've been 'processed' - do th...Okay, they've been 'processed' - do they have a job yet? How many outstanding nominees does the President still have? How many did he have last year?<br /><br />You're looking at a narrow band, without looking at the workload you're asking a sequestered White House to take one.Crissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13389565751169783614noreply@blogger.com