President Barack Obama renominated 33 individuals for federal judgeships, chastising Congress for failing to act on the nominations before they expired at the end of 2012.
Obama resubmitted seven nominees to the federal appeals courts, 24 to federal district courts and two to the Court of International Trade. The renominated lawyers included Caitlin Halligan, general counsel with the New York County District Attorney’s office, who Obama has unsuccessfully nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit four times since 2010.
