Norton to Introduce Senatorial Courtesy Judicial Nominees at Senate Judiciary Hearing Today
Norton to Introduce Her First Senatorial Courtesy Judicial Nominees at Senate Judiciary Hearing Today
September, 15, 2010
WASHINGTON, DC -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will introduce U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia nominees Amy Berman Jackson and D.C. Superior Court Judge James "Jeb" E. Boasberg, both District residents whom Norton recommended to President Obama, at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today, September 15, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. in 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building. President Obama, like President Clinton, granted Norton senatorial courtesy to recommend federal district court judges, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, and other important federal law enforcement officials in the District. Norton's recommendations for District of Columbia U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen, and U.S. Parole Commission Chairman Isaac Fulwood, Jr. have been confirmed and are serving. The Congresswoman appointed a 17-member commission of D.C. residents, chaired by Pauline Schneider, to investigate candidates and send updates, which she uses to help select her final choices to submit to the President.