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16 Apr 2011, 4:56 pm by Lyle Denniston
Keisler of the Washington, D.C., office of Sidley Austin. [read post]
25 Oct 2010, 9:23 am by Matt Osenga
  Justice John Roberts’s former seat has been vacant since 2005 after Senate Democrats blocked President Bush’s nomination of Peter Keisler. [read post]
30 Apr 2010, 9:12 am by Anna Christensen
Turning to some of the “short-listed” candidates seen as likely options for a Supreme Court pick, the Huffington Post reports on current Solicitor General Elena Kagan, noting that during the Bush Administration years she endorsed several controversial Bush appointments, including those of Michael McConnell, who served on the Tenth Circuit for several years, and Federalist Society co-founder Peter Keisler, whose nominations to the Fourth and D.C. [read post]
16 Apr 2010, 2:59 pm by Jonathan H. Adler
Circuit — she wrote about it — as well as Senate Democrats refusal to confirm Federalist Society co-founder Peter Keisler to that same court. [read post]
8 Mar 2010, 5:17 am by Jonathan H. Adler
  Benjamin Wittes has also drafted a statement decrying the attacks signed by several prominent conservative attorneys, including Peter Keisler, David Rivkin, and John Bellinger. [read post]
21 Jan 2010, 10:11 pm by Jonathan H. Adler
So, for example, I would propose a deal whereby both parties would agree to apply a more deferential standard (and, ideally,forswear the use of filibusters), and,in return for agreeing to such a deal while there is a Democrat in the White House, President Obama would agree to re-nominate two of President Bush's stalled nominees, such as Peter Keisler (DC), Loretta Preska (2nd), or Steve Mathews (4th). [read post]
21 Jan 2010, 8:03 am by Jonathan H. Adler
Yet Senate Democrats firecely opposed, and ultimately blocked, confirmation of Peter Keisler to the U.S. [read post]
4 Mar 2009, 12:05 am
"There are plenty of well-qualified nominees with bipartisan support from whom to choose," the letter says, mentioning Sidley Austin partner Peter Keisler, who was nominated to the D.C. [read post]
3 Mar 2009, 4:47 am
In a letter to the White House, the Republican senators said Obama would "change the tone in Washington" if he were to renominate Bush nominees like Peter Keisler, Glen Conrad and Paul Diamond. [read post]
14 Jan 2009, 9:02 am
Jonathan Adler says here the Democrats should do like was done with Judge Gregory and renominate and confirm Peter Keisler to the D.C. [read post]
7 Jan 2009, 5:45 am
In response to my previous post on judicial appointments, see here, I have received some inquiries about whether I think that President-Elect Obama should renominate some of the pending (and less controversial) Bush 43 judicial nominees, including Peter Keisler. [read post]
6 Jan 2009, 9:21 am
A CALL FOR OBAMA TO RENOMINATE PETER KEISLER: “Keisler is a superbly qualified nominee (more on that later) who has been praised by legal experts and editorial boards across the political spectrum but has been treated extremely shabbily by Senate Democrats. [read post]
19 Aug 2008, 10:52 am
Repping a long list of federal defendants that included the Department of Homeland Security’s Michael Chertoff (secretary) and Tom Ridge (former secretary) were the DOJ’s Joshua Waldman, Peter Keisler, Scott Schools and Doug Letter. [read post]