The second longest Article III vacancy (and longest District Court vacancy) in United States history is on the verge of being filled

Safiel · 2019-12-04T19:15:08.081Z

On December 31, 2005, United States District Judge Malcolm Jones Howard of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina took senior status.

As of today (12/4/19) that seat has remained vacant for 5087 days or 13 years, 11 months, 5 days.

Today, the Senate invoked cloture on the nomination of Richard Ernest Myers II to that seat by a vote of 74 to 22. A final confirmation vote is scheduled for tomorrow. Myers could receive his commission from Trump as early as tomorrow, which would officially end the vacancy.

Thankfully, due to changes to the Senate rules by Senator Reid and Senator McConnell, this sort of travesty will likely never come close to happening again.

Once this seat is filled, the longest vacancy will be on the United States District Court for the Central District of California, to a seat vacated by United States District Judge Audrey B. Collins on August 1, 2014.

Safiel · 2019-12-05T17:56:57.973Z

Myers was confirmed 68 to 21 on day 5088 or 13 years, 11 months, 6 days.

Just waiting on his commission now to get the final vacancy tally.

Casper_the_ghost · 2019-12-05T18:28:13.295Z

Wow not even a simple majority to get this seat filled I’m completely shocked

SixFoot · 2019-12-05T18:38:53.827Z

Safiel:

As of today (12/4/19) that seat has remained vacant for 5087 days or 13 years, 11 months, 5 days.

Bunch of damn (R )etar(D)s. Holy cow.

Cratic3947 · 2019-12-05T18:55:05.308Z

Obama failed at almost everything… I still wonder if the Clintons had a hand in delaying so many judges during the Obama admin. Because losing the judiciary was the first thing Carville thought of on election night when Trump got elected.

Oryx · 2019-12-05T18:56:22.118Z

Cratic3947:

Obama failed at almost everything…

Except beating Republicans in elections.

Zander · 2019-12-05T18:57:13.432Z

Cratic3947:

Obama failed at almost everything… I still wonder if the Clintons had a hand in delaying so many judges during the Obama admin.

Holy smokes. Do you know when 2005 was?

Cratic3947 · 2019-12-05T18:59:43.750Z

Oryx:

Cratic3947:

Obama failed at almost everything…

Except beating Republicans in elections.

He failed at that also. He lost the house in 2010 and I think he only won in 2012 by using the IRS to stop republicans orgs. And then Trump wins in 2016.

Cratic3947 · 2019-12-05T19:00:26.160Z

Zander:

Cratic3947:

Obama failed at almost everything… I still wonder if the Clintons had a hand in delaying so many judges during the Obama admin.

Holy smokes. Do you know when 2005 was?

It was right before 2006, what’s your point?

Zander · 2019-12-05T19:02:58.178Z

Cratic3947:

Zander:

Cratic3947:

Obama failed at almost everything… I still wonder if the Clintons had a hand in delaying so many judges during the Obama admin.

Holy smokes. Do you know when 2005 was?

It was right before 2006, what’s your point?

Bush was president when the judge retired to senior status. For 4 more years. So, yea.

Oryx · 2019-12-05T19:03:29.979Z

Cratic3947:

He failed at that also.

He did? He wasn’t a two-term president?

Cratic3947:

He lost the house in 2010

He wasn’t running for the House in 2010. But if that’s your standard, Trump is also a failure.

Cratic3947:

I think he only won in 2012 by using the IRS to stop republicans orgs

When will the Trump administration get to the bottom of the IRS “scandal”? What are they waiting for?

Zander · 2019-12-05T19:03:43.023Z

Cratic3947:

Oryx:

Cratic3947:

Obama failed at almost everything…

Except beating Republicans in elections.

He failed at that also. He lost the house in 2010 and I think he only won in 2012 by using the IRS to stop republicans orgs. And then Trump wins in 2016.

Name a single republican who beat Obama in any election.

Cratic3947 · 2019-12-05T19:07:46.642Z

Did you forget they lost all the e-mails etc… and There are still a ton of Obama and globalist hacks in govt including the DOJ.

Safiel · 2019-12-05T19:10:47.681Z

The fault here does not lie with G.W. Bush.

It does not lie with Obama.

The fault lies 100% with Senator Burr.

He rammed an unconfirmable nominee (Thomas Farr) down G.W. Bush’s throat.

Then when Obama was elected, he used the Senate rules to prevent confirmation of two different and well qualified nominees.

When Trump took office, Burr again rammed Farr down Trump’s throat. When the REPUBLICAN Senate refused to confirm Farr, Burr FINALLY relented and permitted the nomination of Myer.

This is 100% Senator Burr’s fault.

Thankfully, the change to the cloture threshold by Senator Reid and the reduction of post cloture debate time by Senator McConnell will prevent a single Senator from engaging in such abusive conduct again.

Oryx · 2019-12-05T19:15:29.937Z

Cratic3947:

Did you forget they lost all the e-mails etc… and There are still a ton of Obama and globalist hacks in govt including the DOJ.

So Obama outfoxed Trump? That makes a lot of sense, actually.

Safiel · 2019-12-05T19:34:21.832Z

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Richard E. Myers II

Richard Ernest Myers II (born 1967) is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. He is a former law professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law. Myers was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, as a child. His voter registration states that he belongs to "two or more races." Myers earned his Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, and his Master of Arts from the University of No...

Myers is well qualified for this post, currently holding a named Chair at the University of North Carolina and serving as a member of the Federalist Society. He was born in Kingston, Jamaica and immigrated to the United States as a child, becoming a naturalized United States Citizen.

Cratic3947 · 2019-12-06T17:44:31.810Z

Oryx:

Cratic3947:

Did you forget they lost all the e-mails etc… and There are still a ton of Obama and globalist hacks in govt including the DOJ.

So Obama outfoxed Trump? That makes a lot of sense, actually.

He tried, but look who’s president!

Oryx · 2019-12-06T17:45:46.388Z

Cratic3947:

He tried, but look who’s president!

Obama was president for eight years and didn’t run against Trump. Trump outfoxed Hillary, which isn’t something to brag about.

Cratic3947 · 2019-12-06T17:49:52.113Z

Oryx:

Cratic3947:

He tried, but look who’s president!

Obama was president for eight years and didn’t run against Trump. Trump outfoxed Hillary, which isn’t something to brag about.

Yes, no one liked HIllary. She had to rig the system to win the primary.

Heck, The dirt she bought from Putin didn’t even help!

Oryx · 2019-12-06T17:57:52.286Z

Cratic3947:

Yes, no one liked HIllary. She had to rig the system to win the primary.

Indeed. Almost anyone could have beaten her.