President Clinton is wary of the "long and grueling process" judicial candidates must endure before the Senate confirms their nomination. In a speech before the American Bar Association on Monday, Clinton said he thought the political squabbling over judgeships that marked 1996 -- when only 17 judges were confirmed -- had ended. He complained that of 61 nominations this year, the Senate has only confirmed 11, with 13 more having been reviewed by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
August 11, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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ATLANTA — President Clinton is wary of the “long and grueling process”judicial candidates must endure before the Senate confirms theirnomination.
Clinton, in a speech before the American Bar Association on Monday, saidhe thought the political squabbling over judgeships that marked1996�when only 17 judges were confirmed�had ended. Last year, the Senateconfirmed 65 judges nominated by him.
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