HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.R. NO.

17

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 
   


HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES SENATORS OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO SUPPORT A FLOOR VOTE FOR PRESIDENT BUSH'S JUDICIAL NOMINEES.

 

WHEREAS, Article II, Section 2 of the United States Constitution states the President "shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States"; and

WHEREAS, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts has classified twenty-two judgeships as "judicial emergencies"; and

WHEREAS, forty-three of President George W. Bush's judicial nominees are pending before the United States Senate; and

WHEREAS, sixty-three percent of President Bush's Court of Appeals nominations have been to fill seats classified as judicial emergencies; and

WHEREAS, forty-two percent of President Bush's District Court nominations have been to fill seats classified as judicial emergencies; and

WHEREAS, a minority of senators have used dilatory tactics to prevent a Senate floor vote on six of President Bush's judicial nominees, all of whom were reported favorably by the Committee on the Judiciary; and

WHEREAS, each of President Bush's judicial nominees reported favorably by the Committee on the Judiciary enjoys the support of a majority of the United States Senate, as is required by the United States Constitution; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2004, that the House of Representatives requests our United States Senators to work to allow a timely vote on the floor of the United States Senate on all judicial nominations; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to each member of Hawaii's Congressional Delegation.

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title:

Request U.S. Senators support floor vote for judicial nominees