President Barack Obama lags behind George W. Bush when it comes to leaving his imprint on the nation’s federal courts of appeals, a Brookings Institution report has found.
Last year brought heightened contentiousness to the circuit confirmation process—particularly involving Obama’s three nominees to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. That fight led Democrats to change Senate rules and prevent the minority the right to block judicial nominations (except for the U.S. Supreme Court).
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