| TLJ News from July 11-15, 2012 |
People and Appointments
7/12. The Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) held an executive business meeting at which it approved the nominations of Terrence Berg (USDC/EDMich), Jesus Bernal (USDC/CDCal), and Lorna Schofield (USDC/SDNY). The SJC held over consideration of the nominations of Fernando Olguin (USDC/CDCal), Malachy Mannion (USDC/MDPenn), Matthew Brann (USDC/MDPenn), and Frank Geraci (USDC/WDNY).
7/12. President Obama nominated Mark Barnett to be a Judge of the U.S. Court of International Trade. See, White House news office release and release. He has worked in the Office of Chief Counsel for Import Administration at the Department of Commerce (DOC) since 1995. He has also worked for the House Ways and Means Committee, and for the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson.
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7/12. The Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) held an executive business meeting at which it held over consideration of S 3276 [LOC | WW], a bill to extend for five years government authority to conduct surveillance related to persons "outside" the US, without individualized court approval. Surveillance of persons "outside of the United States" is a term of art that also enables surveillance of persons inside of the US who fall within the protection of the 4th Amendment. This bill is again on the SJC's agenda for its executive business meeting on July 19, 2012.
People and Appointments
7/11. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced in a release that it will accept applications from graduating law students and current judicial clerks for the FCC Fall 2013 Attorney Honors Program, beginning on July 23, 2012. The deadline to submit applications is September 21, 2012.