{"id":137871,"date":"2024-12-17T01:57:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T18:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137871"},"modified":"2024-12-17T01:57:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T18:57:49","slug":"third-federal-judge-backtracks-on-plans-to-retire-depriving-trump-of-key-nominations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137871","title":{"rendered":"Third federal judge backtracks on plans to retire, depriving Trump of key nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\">Washington<\/span><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4ratg4p007h2cqi1uik7wjn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A federal appeals court judge has withdrawn his intention to retire, depriving President-elect Donald Trump of the ability to make an influential circuit court nomination and enraging Senate Republicans.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rb5uiy00083b6msrgjb7u5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Fourth Circuit Judge James Wynn, an appointee of President Barack Obama, told the White House late last week that he was reversing his plans to take senior status, the semi-retired status that allows a president to confirm a replacement, according to a letter posted on Saturday by Republican North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rb5uiy00093b6meim57e36@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Wynn marks the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/05\/politics\/liberal-judges-reversing-their-retirement-plans\/index.html\">third federal judge<\/a> appointed by Democratic presidents to decide against retirement after Trump\u2019s reelection.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rb5uiy000a3b6m5o11d232@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            After Wynn said early this year that he intended to leave active service, President Joe Biden had put forward North Carolina Solicitor General Ryan Park as a replacement.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rb5uiy000b3b6muxbbx2dx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But Park \u2013 who was opposed by Republicans, including Tillis \u2013 never made it to the Senate floor for a vote. As a part of a deal with the Senate GOP last month, Democrats agreed not to try to confirm Park and three other circuit court nominees, and in exchange, Republicans would clear the way for several Biden nominees for lower district courts to be voted on.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rb5uiy000c3b6mnx8alkfe@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Tillis, in a statement on Saturday, pointed to that agreement while calling Wynn\u2019s reversal a \u201cslap in the face.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rb5uiy000d3b6mc1k9l3al@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cJudge Wynn\u2019s brazenly partisan decision to rescind his retirement is an unprecedented move that demonstrates some judges are nothing more than politicians in robes,\u201d Tillis said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rb5uiy000e3b6m8dr96fs2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Tillis, as well as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, suggested that Wynn would face ethics complaints and requests for recusals in cases involving the incoming Trump administration if they backtracked on their retirement plans.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rb5uiy000f3b6mpfl3rrll@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Officials at the 4th Circuit did not return CNN\u2019s requests for comment. Currently, Democratic appointees make up nine of the 15 active judges on the appeals court, which covers North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rb5uiy000g3b6mcfl97zdd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The circuit has been the site of sharp judicial confirmation fights in the past. Wynn himself was first nominated for the court in 1999, but his confirmation languished for years because North Carolina\u2019s then-Sen. Jesse Helms, a Republican, opposed him. Wynn was finally confirmed in 2010.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rb7zdd000q3b6my4ujzmpo@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Under Trump, Republicans ended the so-called \u201cblue slip\u201d rule for circuit nominees that required those nominees to have the support of their home state senators in order to advance. It continues to exist for district court nominees.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rb5uiy000h3b6m887fgwfk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In a floor speech earlier this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/05\/politics\/liberal-judges-reversing-their-retirement-plans\/index.html\">lambasting two district court judges<\/a> who had reversed on plans to retire after Trump\u2019s election, McConnell signaled out both Wynn and 6th Circuit Judge Jane Branstetter Stranch with warnings that they not follow suit. Like Wynn, Stranch could backtrack on retirement plans because she did not formally step down when Biden named her replacement.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4rb5uiy000i3b6mczrhs7db@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            As of Monday morning, Stranch was still listed on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/data-news\/judicial-vacancies\/future-judicial-vacancies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">list of future vacancies operated<\/a> by the administrative office of the judiciary.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/16\/politics\/third-federal-judge-backtracks-on-retirement-plans\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 A federal appeals court judge has withdrawn his intention to retire, depriving President-elect Donald Trump of the ability to make an influential circuit court nomination and enraging &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137871\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=137871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=137871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=137871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=137871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}