Obama Nominates 4 to Fill U.S. District Court Judgeships
A Republican, Pappert has given $3,600 to U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey since 2010 and nearly $10,000 to U.S. Rep. Patrick Meehan. He earned his law degree in 1988 from the University of Notre Dame.
Obama’s nominations Friday came as part of an ongoing White House effort to fill a record number of vacancies in federal courts across the country.
Up until recently, Pennsylvania, which now has only five district court spots without nominees, was second only to Texas in the number of judicial vacancies, said Carl Tobias, a University of Richmond law professor who tracks the federal judiciary
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