The White House posted an infographic, Record Judicial Diversity, Record Judicial Delays
I've seen a bunch of things on delays with Obama's judicial nominees and I'm not sure how badly to read it. The News Hour had a good segment on it about a week ago. Yes, there are a lot of vacancies, but he's also delayed nominating them, in part because confirmation of the person who is in charge of doing so (I forget the office title) was remarkably delayed as well.
Still as Steve Benen says, "For many, especially in the media, there’s a sense that the obstructionism we’re seeing is just routine political wrangling — Dems do this to GOP presidents, Republicans do this to Democratic presidents. Nothing to see here. This perception is demonstrably wrong. Obama’s judicial nominees are being blocked at a level unseen in American history. This isn’t just denying an elected president an opportunity to leave his mark on the judiciary; these delays are literally undermining the nation’s system of justice."
See also this infographic on Lawsuits in the US.
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