All posts tagged "Paul Oetken"
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Vote Set for Thursday for Out Gay Judicial Nominee Fitzgerald
It was announced today that, following an agreement reached between the parties’ leaders, the Senate will be voting in the coming weeks on 14 of...
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Senate to Vote Today on Alison Nathan’s Nomination, Would Be Second Lesbian Federal Judge
[Photo: President Barack Obama greets departing Associate Counsel to the President Alison J. “Ali” Nathan, left, Meg Satterthwaite, and their twin sons Oliver and Nathan,...
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Oetken Approved By U.S. Senate, Is First Out Gay Man OK’ed for Federal Judgeship
Today, in a 80-13 vote completed at a little past 6:10 p.m., the Senate approved the nomination of out gay attorney J. Paul Oetken to...
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Oetken Nomination Sent to Full Senate, As DuMont Nomination Remains in Limbo
Today, the Senate Judicary Committee moved forward the nomination of J. Paul Oetken, who was nominated for a judgeship in the Southern District of New...
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Prop 8 Judge Walker, Now Retired, Tells Reporters He’s Gay
Now retired, former U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker, who presided of the Perry v. Schwarzenegger trial over the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8, was...
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Alison Nathan, Former Obama White House Associate Counsel, Nominated for Federal Court
[Photo: President Barack Obama greets departing Associate Counsel to the President Alison J. “Ali” Nathan, left, Meg Satterthwaite, and their twin sons Oliver and Nathan,...
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Oetken, Out Gay Nominee, Faces No Opposition at Senate Judiciary Hearing
The Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), held confirmation hearings today on four of President Barack Obama’s nominees for the federal judiciary....
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Oetken, Out Gay Nominee, “Unanimously Qualified” for N.Y. Federal Judgeship, ABA Panel Says
J. Paul Oetken, the out gay New York attorney who was nominated by President Barack Obama for a federal judicial appointment in late January, told...
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Obama Nominates Oetken for N.Y. Federal Court Spot
Today, President Barack Obama announced the nomination of J. Paul Oetken to serve as a U.S. District Court judge on the Southern District of New...
