David Hamilton

When he ran for President, Obama said he'd set new and higher standards for bipartisanship in many things, including judicial nominations.

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs declined an offer today to characterize the Obama administrationís first judicial nominee. But Gibbs said at his daily press briefing that the president is standing by his controversial pledge to consider the breadth of a nominee's background...

The Judicial Confirmation Network today reacted to President Obama's reported plans to make his first nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals this week, Judge David Hamilton from Indiana.

When he ran for President, Obama said he'd set new and higher standards for bipartisanship in many things, including judicial nominations.

President Barack Obama held out his first judicial nominee on Tuesday as evidence that he wants to end the political sniping over judges that marked much of the past eight years....