In April, this blog reported on the nomination of David Porter to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.  Despite the opposition of one of his home state Senators, Robert Casey, the Senate confirmed Judge Porter, among a group of fifteen judges who cleared the Senate last week.  The vote on him was 50-45.  He joins a court headed by the judge for whom he clerked, Chief Judge Smith.  A warm welcome to Judge...

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The House Judiciary Committee, by a voice vote, advanced the Judiciary Reforms, Organizational and Modernization Act of 2018, known as “the Judiciary ROOM Act.”  The bill number is H.R. 6755.  Among many other things, along with adding new District Judges in a number of Districts (including three in the District of New Jersey– hooray!) and requiring that all federal judges, including Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, undergo periodic medical examinations, the Judiciary ROOM Act requires the phase-in of live streaming of oral arguments in the Supreme Court...