Election reshapes legal landscape
Fair Courts E-lert
Bibliographic Info:
Author: Pamela MacLean
Source: The National Law Journal
Date: 11/10/2008
Article reports that "by the end of a four-year term, the Obama administration could expect to turn as many as eight of the nation's 13 federal circuits from either slightly to solidly Democrat-appointed judges. There will be 15 vacancies on the appellate bench when Obama takes office in January, however, the "added strength of Democrats" in the Senate may mean that a federal judgeship bill, proposed in April and adding "12 new appellate seats and 43 trial court judgeships across the country," will be "resurrected and approved."