HB 1231

1	House Memorial
2	A memorial to the Congress of the United States, urging
3	Congress to work to allow a timely vote on the floor of
4	the United States Senate on all judicial nominations.
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6	WHEREAS, Article II, Section 2 of the United States
7	Constitution states the President "shall nominate, and by and
8	with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint
9	Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the
10	Supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States," and
11	WHEREAS, the Administrative Office of the United States
12	Courts has classified 22 judgeships as "judicial emergencies,"
13	and
14	WHEREAS, 43 of President George W. Bush's judicial nominees
15	are pending before the United States Senate, and
16	WHEREAS, 63 percent of President Bush's court of appeals
17	nominations have been to fill seats classified as judicial
18	emergencies, and
19	WHEREAS, 42 percent of President Bush's district court
20	nominations have been to fill seats classified as judicial
21	emergencies, and
22	WHEREAS, a minority of senators have used dilatory tactics
23	to prevent a Senate floor vote on six of President Bush's
24	judicial nominees, all of whom were reported favorably by the
25	Committee on the Judiciary, and
26	WHEREAS, each of President Bush's judicial nominees
27	reported favorably by the Committee on the Judiciary enjoys the
28	support of a majority of the United States Senate, as is
29	required by the United States Constitution, NOW, THEREFORE,
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31	Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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33	That the Congress of the United States is requested to work
34	to allow a timely vote on the floor of the United States Senate
35	on all judicial nominations.
36	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
37	dispatched to the President of the United States, to the
38	President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the
39	United States House of Representatives, and to each member of
40	the Florida delegation to the United States Congress.

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