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Government

Feb. 15, 2012

Vote on circuit court nominee to go forward

Republican resistance to allowing a confirmation vote for an appeals court nominee collapsed in a crucial Senate vote Monday, leaving the door open for the three candidates who hope to join the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this year.


By Robert Iafolla


Daily Journal Staff Writer


WASHINGTON - Republican resistance to allowing a confirmation vote for an appeals court nominee collapsed in a crucial Senate vote Monday, leaving the door open for the three candidates who hope to join the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this year.


Just five GOP senators voted to block U.S. District Judge Adalberto Jordan, a consensus nominee for the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, from getti...

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