The GOP Tries to Pink- Slip Obama's Court Picks

摘要

In April 2005, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. delivered a lecture at the University of Virginia School of Law entitled, "What Makes the D.C. Circuit Different?" Roberts, an alumnus of the federal appeals court in Washington, explained the D.C. Circuit's "unique character" as a judicial body "with special responsibility to review legal challenges to the conduct of the national government." He noted the court hears a disproportionate number of appeals from the CFTC, EPA, FTC, SEC, and other "alphabet soup" regulatory agencies.