All posts tagged "nomination"
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DNC LGBT-themed web ad calls on Senate to fill Scalia’s seat
There’s nothing quite like election-year squabbling between the major parties, particularly when a Supreme Court seat hangs in the balance. Faced with a Republican-controlled Senate,...
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Gay Republicans react to last night’s debate
Log Cabin Republicans point to first GOP debate as example of how LGBT landscape has changed
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Bowser Taps David Do for API Affairs Post
Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) announced on Jan. 25 another addition to her mayoral cabinet, tapping David Do, an openly gay community and education activist and former candidate for...
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Gay Judge Confirmed by Virginia Legislature
The Virginia General Assembly voted today to confirm Richmond General District Court Judge Tracy Thorne-Begland, Virginia's first out gay judge, to the bench. Thorne-Begland has...
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Oetken, Out Gay Nominee, “Unanimously Qualified” for N.Y. Federal Judgeship, ABA Panel Says
J. Paul Oetken, the out gay New York attorney who was nominated by President Barack Obama for a federal judicial appointment in late January, told...
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Obama Nominates Oetken for N.Y. Federal Court Spot
Today, President Barack Obama announced the nomination of J. Paul Oetken to serve as a U.S. District Court judge on the Southern District of New...
