Barack Obama

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts) Fri Aug 26, 2016, 08:44 AM Aug 2016

Obama's judges leave liberal imprint on U.S. law

File under "Elections DO matter!"

Source: Reuters, by Lawrence Hurley

When President Barack Obama entered the White House in 2009, the federal appeals court based in Virginia was known as one of the most conservative benches in the country.

Two Obama terms later, Democratic appointees hold a 10-5 majority on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a panel of which issued a groundbreaking ruling this April backing transgender rights.

The shift to the left on the court, which hears cases from Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina, highlights a widely overlooked aspect of Obama's legacy.

His appointments of dozens of judges to the country's influential federal appeals courts have tilted the judiciary in a liberal direction that will influence rulings for years to come and be further entrenched if Democrat Hillary Clinton wins this November's presidential election.

Read the rest at: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-obama-idUSKCN1110BC

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Obama's judges leave liberal imprint on U.S. law (Original Post) yallerdawg Aug 2016 OP

This! sheshe2 Aug 2016 #1

I've been mightily impressed by the last 7 1/2 years. yallerdawg Aug 2016 #2

And many left unfilled by mitch and the thugs. mountain grammy Aug 2016 #3

sheshe2

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1. This!

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Fri Aug 26, 2016, 10:23 AM

Aug 2016

His appointments of dozens of judges to the country's influential federal appeals courts have tilted the judiciary in a liberal direction that will influence rulings for years to come and be further entrenched if Democrat Hillary Clinton wins this November's presidential election.

For years to come. Go' Bama!

Thanks for that bit of news, yallerdawg. It's music to my ears.