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Indian American as top judge: Barack Obama seeks swift confirmation - chairman - 04-05-2013

The White House has urged the Senate to swiftly confirm Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan to what is "often called the nation's second-highest court", the US court of appeals for the American capital.


Re: Indian American as top judge: Barack Obama seeks swift confirmation - chairman - 04-05-2013

[size=14px]The White House has urged the Senate to swiftly confirm Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan to what is "often called the nation's second-highest court", the US court of appeals for the American capital.[/size]
[/size][size=14px]Srinivasan, 45, became the first South Asian to be ever nominated to the circuit court by President Barack Obama last June, but the Senate Judiciary Committee announced his confirmation hearing for next week only Monday.[/size]
[/size][size=14px]"The DC Circuit, as you know, is often considered the nation's second-highest court, but it has twice as many vacancies as any other court of appeals, and its workload has increased by over 20% since 2005," Obama's press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters.[/size]


Re: Indian American as top judge: Barack Obama seeks swift confirmation - chairman - 04-05-2013

[size=14px]The White House has urged the Senate to swiftly confirm Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan to what is "often called the nation's second-highest court", the US court of appeals for the American capital.[/size]
[/size][size=14px]Srinivasan, 45, became the first South Asian to be ever nominated to the circuit court by President Barack Obama last June, but the Senate Judiciary Committee announced his confirmation hearing for next week only Monday.[/size]
[/size][size=14px]"The DC Circuit, as you know, is often considered the nation's second-highest court, but it has twice as many vacancies as any other court of appeals, and its workload has increased by over 20% since 2005," Obama's press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters.[/size]