1. Describe the way most judicial branch nominations went down in Obama's first term. During Obama's administration, he had a democrat majority, so he filled empty spaces with Democratic judges; however, he faced a lot of Republican filibustering, so of course being moderate is the way to go.
2. How did Senate Democrats change the rules for nominations in Obama's second term? Because the republicans were getting stronger and stronger, the Democrats used majority vote to filibuster opposition during the nomination of judges.
3. How did Senate Republicans respond when they gained control of the Senate in 2014? Of course, Democrats retaliated by also outlawing fillibusters in confirmation hearings, so basically it backfired.
4. How many vacancies are there in the District Court level? In April 2016, there were 72 vacancies at the District level, and then in August, about ten percent of District seats were vacant.
5. How will the Senate Republicans' gamble pay off significantly now that Trump is the president? Well, they did two things: they made sure that Obama could only fill the seats with moderates, and then they hld off judge selection until the day Trump came into office to ensure that the judges would have the same ideology. This means more power for Trump/the Republicans of course.
6. When is the hearing on Trump's travel ban Executive Order? The emergency hearing was on January 28th at 7:30 pm. in New York.
7. What type of court would this be since it's the first time hearing the case? District Court with original jurisdiction.
8. Who are the plaintiffs? Hameed Khalid Darweesh and Haider Sameer Abdulkhaleq Alshawi, both who worked in the US military in Iraq, and they are sponsored by a few large names.
9. How is the lawsuit going to try to turn this into a "class action"? (You definitely remember what a class action lawsuit is, right?) The lawsuit will ask that the government should treat all immigrants as a class, so the ruling can be applied to all immigrants whichever the outcome.
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