Washington Watch: A Judicial Nominations Logjam in the Senate
At the start of the Trump presidency, newly-gained Republican control of the White House and the Senate—the two Constitutional components…
President’s Message: Judicial Independence
Judicial independence is essential to our democracy and your Federal Bar Association (FBA) is actively working to preserve it. In…
Washington Watch: Happy Birthday (Or Bye-Bye) to the Blue Slip
The Senate could be headed toward the loss of an important fixture in the judicial confirmation process—the blue slip—if partisan…
Washington Watch: Trump’s First Waves of Judicial Nominees Emerge
A bounty of federal judicial appointments awaits the Trump Administration, which has methodically begun to announce nominees to the roughly…