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6 Jun 2012, 7:50 am
Image: nwlc_logo_110801_jpeg.jpg by Emily Martin, Vice President and General Counsel and Amy Matsui, Senior Counsel Last week, the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines marriage for all purposes under federal law as between one man and one woman, violates the U.S. [read post]
6 Jun 2012, 7:31 am
Matsui, Senior Counsel Posted by: Emily Martin, Vice President and General Counsel Last week, the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines marriage for all purposes under federal law as between one man and one woman, violates the U.S. [read post]
22 May 2012, 7:24 am
Matsui, Senior Counsel Paul Watford, nominated to an emergency vacancy on the Ninth Circuit, was the first nominee voted out of the Senate Judiciary Committee this year. [read post]
15 May 2012, 8:22 am
Matsui, Senior Counsel Last Monday, the last three nominations covered by the deal agreed to by Senate leadership back in March were voted on. [read post]
7 May 2012, 12:51 pm
Matsui, Senior Counsel Along with 150 other people from 27 different states, today I attended a briefing on the judicial vacancy crisis. [read post]
26 Apr 2012, 11:10 am
Matsui, Senior Counsel Today, the Senate confirmed two judges to district courts in Texas, Gregg Costa to the Southern District and David Guaderrama to the Western District. [read post]
23 Apr 2012, 12:05 pm
Matsui, Senior Counsel Last week, the Senate confirmed Stephanie Thacker to a West Virginia seat on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. [read post]
13 Apr 2012, 10:41 am
Matsui, Senior Counsel Yesterday’s Blog of Legal Times described a panel discussion, featuring the three current female Supreme Court Justices and retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, that was held on Wednesday evening. [read post]
4 Apr 2012, 12:39 pm
Matsui, Senior Counsel It’s April and springtime, which means that it’s the final countdown to Tax Day on April 17. [read post]
27 Mar 2012, 2:23 am
Dishman's Congresswoman, Doris Matsui, here. [read post]
26 Mar 2012, 5:31 pm
Congresswoman Matsui discusses the new safety law which became effective this year. [read post]
19 Mar 2012, 7:55 am
Maloney (D-CT 5th), Robert Matsui (D-CA 5th), Karen McCarthy (D-MO 3rd), Betty McCollum (D-MN 4th), Jim McDermott (D-WA 7th), James McGovern (D-MA 3rd), Cynthia McKinney (D-GA 4th), Carrie P. [read post]
15 Mar 2012, 12:25 pm
Matsui, Senior Counsel As you may be aware, despite over 80 judicial vacancies (35 of which were judicial emergencies), at the beginning of this week the Senate had only confirmed 7 judges in 2012. [read post]
14 Mar 2012, 9:51 am
Matsui, Senior Counsel As the Senate is poised to start the first of 17 cloture votes on district court judges, and in the midst of Women’s History Month, we over at NWLC took a mental step back to look at the big picture of women in the federal judiciary. [read post]
13 Mar 2012, 8:47 am
Matsui, Senior Counsel Last night, Senator Harry Reid took one giant step forward towards clearing the backlog of judicial nominations. [read post]
9 Mar 2012, 6:56 am
Matsui, Senior Counsel Tuesday, the Senate confirmed two district court judges, Mary Philips for the Western District of Missouri and Thomas Rice for the Eastern District of Washington. [read post]
2 Mar 2012, 10:37 am
Matsui, Senior Counsel Only 5 judges have been confirmed thus far in 2012 – despite the fact that over ten percent of judicial seats are vacant and people around the country are waiting for justice. [read post]
1 Mar 2012, 12:08 pm
Matsui, Senior Counsel Despite the fact that there are 84 current judicial vacancies, the Senate has confirmed only five judges in 2012. [read post]
1 Mar 2012, 4:49 am
Although Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA) and Congresswoman Mazie Hirono (Hawaii) asked some tough questions, the hearing was mostly a pep rally for the cruise industry. [read post]
29 Feb 2012, 10:09 am
Matsui, Senior Counsel Hear what Senators said on the floor yesterday to highlight the importance of moving the nominations process forward in the Senate: read more [read post]
