2003-2004 Bill 925: Judicial Nominations in Congress - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 115th Session, 2003-2004 3 4 S. 925 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Concurrent Resolution 9 Sponsors: Senator Hawkins 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\bbm\10019sj04.doc 11 Companion/Similar bill(s): 4486 12 13 Introduced in the Senate on February 5, 2004 14 Currently residing in the Senate 15 16 Summary: Judicial nominations in congress 17 18 19 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 20 21 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 22 2/5/2004 Senate Introduced SJ-5 23 2/5/2004 Senate Referred to Committee on General SJ-5 24 3/24/2004 Senate Committee report: Favorable General SJ-13 25 3/25/2004 Scrivener's error corrected 26 27 28 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 29 30 2/5/2004 31 3/24/2004 32 3/25/2004 33 1 COMMITTEE REPORT 2 March 24, 2004 3 4 S. 925 5 6 Introduced by Senator Hawkins 7 8 S. Printed 3/24/04--S. [SEC 3/25/04 5:27 PM] 9 Read the first time February 5, 2004. 10 11 12 THE GENERAL COMMITTEE 13 To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (S. 925) to 14 request that our United States Senators work to allow a timely vote 15 on the Floor of the United States Senate on all, etc., respectfully 16 REPORT: 17 That they have duly and carefully considered the same and 18 recommend that the same do pass: 19 20 WILLIAM MESCHER for Committee. 21

1 [925-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 10 11 TO REQUEST THAT OUR UNITED STATES SENATORS 12 WORK TO ALLOW A TIMELY VOTE ON THE FLOOR OF 13 THE UNITED STATES SENATE ON ALL JUDICIAL 14 NOMINATIONS. 15 16 Whereas, Article II, Section 2 of the United States Constitution 17 states the President “shall nominate, and by and with the Advice 18 and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other 19 public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, and 20 all other Officers of the United States”; and 21 22 Whereas, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts has 23 classified twenty-two judgeships as “juridical emergencies”; and 24 25 Whereas, forty-three of President George W. Bush’s judicial 26 nominees are pending before the United States Senate; and 27 28 Whereas, sixty-three percent of President Bush’s Court of Appeals 29 nominations have been to fill seats classified as judicial 30 emergencies; and 31 32 Whereas, forty-two percent of President Bush’s District Court 33 nominations have been to fill seats classified as judicial 34 emergencies; and 35 36 Whereas, a minority of Senators have used dilatory tactics to 37 prevent a Senate Floor vote on six of President Bush’s judicial 38 nominees, all of whom were reported favorably by the Committee 39 on the Judiciary; and 40 41 Whereas, each of President Bush’s judicial nominees reported 42 favorably by the Committee on the Judiciary enjoys the support of

1 [925] 1 1 a majority of the United States Senate, as is required by the United 2 States Constitution. Now, therefore, 3 4 Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives 5 concurring: 6 7 That the members of the General Assembly of the State of South 8 Carolina, by this resolution, request that our United States Senators 9 work to allow a timely vote on the Floor of the United States 10 Senate on all judicial nominations. 11 12 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to 13 the State of South Carolina’s Congressional Delegation. 14 ----XX---- 15

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