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No federal judges, US Attorneys for Texas

The federal Senate Judiciary Committee sent back a couple of President Barack Obama's federal judicial appointees in Texas' Southern District, contributing to already growing immigration case backlogs there, with Texas Sen. John Cornyn opposing them along party lines.Similarly, nearly two years into Obama's presidency, one wonders when the hell Texas will ever get any new US Attorneys? Given gridlock in the Senate and Cornyn's steadfast opposition on the Judiciary Committee, I wouldn't be surprised to see the 2012 election cycle come and go without Texas ever having anyone appointed to those posts. At this point, anyone who took the USA job would just be getting the office furniture re-arranged when the next national election cycle comes up and they could (and judging from 2010, arguably would) lose the job...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on December 30, 2010 (boomark / email).