Obama Begins Aggressive Push for Judicial Picks

President Obama on will nominate a slate of judges today to the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, “an aggressive move that is likely to spark swift resistance from Senate Republicans who say the court is underworked and does not need additional judges,” Roll Call reports.

The move “sends a strong message that he intends to push for the nominees in a way that he has not lobbied for his other lower-court choices. Obama has never appeared alongside a judicial nominee other than for the Supreme Court, according to advocates.”