Carl Tobias

Type: Person

Name: Carl Tobias

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Observers predict quick confirmation for Debra Brown to federal bench

_ Observers are predicting a speedy confirmation to the federal bench for Jackson attorney Debra M. Brown.If confirmed, Brown would become the state's first black female district judge.Carl Tobias, a professor at Virginia's University of Richmond, tells ... [Published Clarion-Ledger - May 18 2013]

Entities: Debra Brown, Carl Tobias, Michael P. Mills, Mississippi

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 2 reports

Observer predicts speedy confirmation for Brown

TUPELO, Miss. --Observers are predicting a speedy confirmation to the federal bench for Jackson attorney Debra M. Brown.If confirmed, Brown would become the state's first black female district judge.Carl Tobias, a professor at Virginia's University of ... [Published South Carolina Enquirer-Herald - May 18 2013]

Entities: Carl Tobias, Daily Journal Corporation, Michael P. Mills, Mississippi

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Barack Obama

Second court invalidates Obama’s labor-board recess appointment

WASHINGTON — A second federal appeals court has found President Obama exceeded his power when he bypassed the Senate to install a member to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).The ruling by the 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia came ... [Published Seattle Times - May 17 2013]

Entities: Annulment, Appointment, Barack Obama, National Labor Relations Board

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

David Vitter

Senate Panels Approve Perez, McCarthy Nominations

Gina McCarthy, left, at a climate workshop in Washington, and Thomas Perez, right, as he testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing. Democrats voted Thursday to approve two of President Barack Obama's Cabinet picks ... [Published US News & World Report - May 16 2013]

Entities: Thomas Perez, Republican Party (US), David Vitter, US Environmental Protection Agency, Barbara Boxer

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 4 reports

Mary Landrieu

Shelley Dick confirmed

WASHINGTON – Baton Rouge will have a new federal judge after Shelly D. Dick finally received full U.S. Senate confirmation Thursday on a voice vote without any opposition.Dick, of Baton Rouge, will take the bench as the first female judge in the Middle ... [Published The Advocate - May 09 2013]

Entities: Carl Tobias, Mary Landrieu, Baton Rouge (United States), David Vitter

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Cuccinelli’s Star: Lawyers to Take Case Pro Bono

Like a peeling onion, the gift-giving scandal rocking the Executive Mansion is revealing layer after layer of influence. Consider who’s handling the court cases that attorney general and gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli is too conflicted to han ... [Published Style Weekly - May 08 2013]

Entities: Ken Cuccinelli, Pro Bono, Star Scientific Inc, Attorney General

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Republican Party (US)

Morning Memo: Pray-in targets lawmakers, Foxx to join Obama administration

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AT LEGISLATURE: Clergy and students will participate in an act of civil disobedience Monday at the Legislative Building "in response to the collective acts of the legislature," said the Rev. William Barber, president of the state NAACP. ... [Published Raleigh News & Observer - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Republican Party (US), Carl Tobias, Alex Lee, Democratic Party (US)

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

Senate Confirms Jane Kelly to 8th Circuit Court of Appeals

WASHINGTON, D.C - Assistant Federal Public Defender Jane Kelly was confirmed Wednesday by the U.S. Senate as an Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals judge.The Senate roll call vote was 96 to 0 to confirm Kelly as only the second woman and the first public ... [Published KCRG.com - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Jane Kelly, Tom Harkin, Carl Tobias, Charles Grassley

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Letter to the editor: 'Filibuser wars' must come to an end

The Register editorial Filibusters on Judicial Nominees Are Wrong by GOP and Democrats (March 26) accurately observes that Republicans and Democrats are responsible for the filibuster wars, which reflect the judicial vacancy crisis that has left the courts ... [Published Des Moines Register - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Republican Party (US), Carl Tobias, Jane Kelly, University of Richmond, Judgeship

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

Senate approves another federal judge for LA: Beverly Reid O'Connell

L.A. Superior Court Judge Beverly Reid O'Connell has been approved by the U.S. Senate for a seat on the federal bench. She is seen here during her nomination hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.By unanimous vote of 92 to zero, the U.S. Senate ... [Published SCPR - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Carl Tobias, Patrick Leahy, judges, US Senate, Superior Court

First reported Mar 25 2013 - Updated Mar 26 2013 - 1 reports

SCOTUS to hear Michigan Affirmative Action case

The U.S. Supreme Court will take a look at Michigan’s ban on affirmative action, it was announced today. The court is already looking at the issue of race in university admissions in case out of Texas. Court watchers say the court could issue a ruling ... [Published Politisite - Mar 25 2013]

Entities: Affirmative Action, Carl Tobias, University of Richmond School of Law, Admission

First reported Feb 17 2013 - Updated Feb 17 2013 - 1 reports

State high court rejects appeal of dissolution of familyâs kyanite company

A panel of the state’s Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a multimillion-dollar Buckingham County mining and landholding firm that lower courts have found manipulated stockholder interests while company leaders plundered a family trust and enriched ... [Published Richmond Times Dispatch - Feb 17 2013]

Entities: Dissolution, Mining, Carl Tobias

Quotes

"so this is certainly on the long side, though not the longest" Tobias said

After 13-month delay, attorney Shelly Dick confirmed as federal judge [Published NOLA Live - May 09 2013]

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Observers predict quick confirmation for Debra ... [Published Clarion-Ledger - May 18 2013]
Observer predicts speedy confirmation for Brown [Published South Carolina Enquirer-Herald - May 18 2013]
Brown nomination expected to get speedy approval [Published NEMS 360 - May 18 2013]
Second court invalidates Obama’s labor-board re... [Published Seattle Times - May 17 2013]
Senate Panels Approve Perez, McCarthy Nominations [Published US News & World Report - May 16 2013]
Shelley Dick confirmed [Published The Advocate - May 09 2013]
After 13-month delay, attorney Shelly Dick conf... [Published NOLA Live - May 09 2013]
After 13-month delay, attorney Shelly Dick conf... [Published Bayou Buzz - May 09 2013]
Shelly Dick finally scheduled for Senate vote -... [Published Bayou Buzz - May 09 2013]
Cuccinelli’s Star: Lawyers to Take Case Pro Bono [Published Style Weekly - May 08 2013]
Morning Memo: Pray-in targets lawmakers, Foxx t... [Published Raleigh News & Observer - Apr 29 2013]
Senate Confirms Jane Kelly to 8th Circuit Court... [Published KCRG.com - Apr 24 2013]
Letter to the editor: 'Filibuser wars' must com... [Published Des Moines Register - Apr 17 2013]
Senate approves another federal judge for LA: B... [Published SCPR - Apr 16 2013]
SCOTUS to hear Michigan Affirmative Action case [Published Politisite - Mar 25 2013]
Uranium battle being fought over radio airwaves [Published Richmond Times Dispatch - Feb 19 2013]
State high court rejects appeal of dissolution ... [Published Richmond Times Dispatch - Feb 17 2013]
Ringside Seat: You Cruise, You Lose [Published TAPPED - Feb 15 2013]
Pfizer, Zoloft And The Vexing Placebo Effect [Published Pharmalot - Feb 01 2013]
Continued ... [Published Enid News and Eagle - Jan 26 2013]
Court upholds bribery conviction of former Del.... [Published Richmond Times Dispatch - Dec 13 2012]
4th Circuit shedding conservative reputation [Published Richmond Times Dispatch - Nov 19 2012]
Bay Area judge nominees could get vote [Published San Francisco Chronicle - Nov 13 2012]

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SCOTUS to hear Michigan Affirmative Action case [Published Politisite - Mar 25 2013] The U.S. Supreme Court will take a look at Michigan’s ban on affirmative action, it was announced today. The court is already looking at the issue of race in university admissions in case out of Texas. Court watchers say the court could issue a ruling ...
Ringside Seat: You Cruise, You Lose [Published TAPPED - Feb 15 2013] In 2013, the wonders of our technological prowess never cease to amaze. We can launch remote-controlled planes to smite our enemies thousands of miles away. In your pocket right now, you probably have a tiny computer with more processing power than a ...
Pfizer, Zoloft And The Vexing Placebo Effect [Published Pharmalot - Feb 01 2013] In an unusual gambit, a California woman has filed a lawsuit claiming that the Zoloft antidepressant sold by Pfizer is no more effective than a placebo and that the drugmaker conspired to hide this fact from the medical community and the public in hopes ...