The Tortuous, Protracted Wait to Confirm Judges—From Abe to Obama

The Atlantic writes, The Senate confirmed Robert Bacharach as a U.S. circuit judge Monday -- after 399 days in limbo. In Lincoln's day, it often took less than 10 days. In 1863, it took senators 15 days to confirm 25-year-old Thomas Boynton (left), a Lincoln appointee. Robert Bacharach (right) had to wait nearly 400 days. There is a fight brewing over Obama nominees to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The court is often called the second most important federal court, because it receives many high-visibility cases and has sent an unusually large number of its judges to the Supreme…

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