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Ask the Expert: Why Aren't Judicial Nominees Being Confirmed?

Unprecedented Obstruction Must End

What is the judicial confirmation process like? Is it strange that fewer than half of President Obama’s nominees have been confirmed? What’s holding up the judicial nominations?

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For more on judicial confirmations, see:

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