Schumer recommends Obama nominate first openly gay man for federal court seat.
Schumer recommends Obama nominate first openly gay man for federal court seat.
Today, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) announced that he is recommending that President Obama nominate Daniel Alter to serve as a judge in the Southern District federal court of New York. Alter was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District, becoming an expert in terrorism and security. He has also served as the National Director of the Civil Rights Division of the Anti-Defamation League. Alter would be a historic pick for Obama, becoming the first openly gay man to be nominated to the federal bench. From Schumer’s statement:
His outstanding leadership skills, his commitment to justice, and his extensive experience make him an exceptional choice for a position on the federal bench. I’m proud to nominate Daniel Alter. Period. But I am equally proud to nominate him because he is a history-maker who will be the first openly gay male judge in American history.
Although Obama chooses his judicial nominees, presidents generally defer to the recommendations of home state senators. In 1994, President Clinton nominated the first LGBT person, Deborah Batts, to serve as a federal judge for the Southern District, where she currently sits. Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) is currently blocking the nomination of Marisa Demeo, an openly gay Latino woman, to serve on the D.C. Superior Court.
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i didn’t know mary cheney was eligible to serve in that capacity :P
February 9th, 2010 at 3:23 pmDeMint is going to throw the biggest hissy-fit.
February 9th, 2010 at 3:23 pmGet ready for more stupid holds. The fools using the holds don’t really know how to select nominees on the basis of ability because GWB trained them to vote on the basis of party loyalty, and we see how that turned out.
February 9th, 2010 at 3:24 pmGood. What difference does it make if he or she is gay? I’m tired of the gay-bashing. Dicrimnation is dicrimination no matter how you look at it. It’s illegal to deny a person a job because of race and gender. Why should anyone exclude gays?
February 9th, 2010 at 3:25 pmI can hardly wait for the GOP to tell us about how a gay judge is going to make all the lawyers, plantiffs, and defendants gay as well.
February 9th, 2010 at 3:30 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
I am sure you would like to put a hold on him, and look into his dreamy eyes, and walk together down segregated beaches in the moonlight.
However, your deviant fantasies should be kept to yourself.
February 9th, 2010 at 3:32 pm@6, You make a Neanderthal look intelligent.
February 9th, 2010 at 3:33 pmBy all means, cg, put a hold on him. Physically.
He might like you back.
February 9th, 2010 at 3:33 pmglamourdammerung says:
I can hardly wait for the GOP to tell us about how a gay judge is going to make all the lawyers, plantiffs, and defendants gay as well.
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How long till Rick Santorum shows up and declares that allowing a gay judge to serve is equivalent to allowing a dog be the judge?
conservative guy says:
February 9th, 2010 at 3:34 pmPut a hold on him.
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CG’s projecting again.
ConservaTROLL
Put a bullet in your skull
February 9th, 2010 at 3:34 pmI can not hardly wait for Santorum to discuss man-dog intercourse at length on national television once again.
February 9th, 2010 at 3:35 pmSchumer recommends Obama nominate first openly gay man for federal court seat.
That’s worth doing just to see republiscum heads explode…
February 9th, 2010 at 3:36 pmconservative guy says:
Put a hold on him.
News flash: conservative guy likes to hold homosexuals.
February 9th, 2010 at 3:37 pmThis would make an excellent recess appointment. Just to get things rolling.
February 9th, 2010 at 3:37 pmglamourdammerung says:
I can not hardly wait for Santorum to discuss man-dog intercourse at length on national television once again.
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February 9th, 2010 at 3:40 pmI still remember when he was ranting about the government imposing gay marriage when the idea to overturn DoMA came up. How, exactly, does one “impose gay marriage” on anyone who doesn’t want to participate in it? Did I miss some detail in the Secret Gay Mafia Overturn-DoMA Plan that would require heterosexuals to gay-marry one another? The man is insane.
can you say “recess appointment” cancervaturd guy? it’s coming your way soon.
February 9th, 2010 at 3:40 pmglamourdammerung says:
I can not hardly wait for Santorum to discuss man-dog intercourse at length on national television once again.
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February 9th, 2010 at 3:41 pmI still remember when he was ranting about the government imposing gay marriage when the idea to overturn DoMA came up. How, exactly, does one “impose gay marriage” on anyone who doesn’t want to participate in it? Did I miss some detail in the Secret Gay Mafia Overturn-DoMA Plan that would require heterosexuals to gay-marry one another? The man is insane.
random OT
pizza hut still is one of Beck’s sponsors..
please buy accordingly.
February 9th, 2010 at 3:41 pmDamn double posts. Is anyone else having this problem today?
February 9th, 2010 at 3:43 pmNotice how the troll give no thoughtful dialogue? Just ‘Put a hold on him.’ What the Hell does it matter if the individual is gay? I don’t remember one interview I had where someone asked if I was straight or gay.
February 9th, 2010 at 3:44 pmHell, why stop there?
Let’s see Pamela Karlan or Kathleen Sullivan as the next nominee for the Supreme Court.
Both are extraordinarily intelligent women and incredibly talented legal minds. And, being strong, intelligent, and lesbians…would cause the rabid right-wing in the Senate to suffer a collective stroke.
February 9th, 2010 at 3:45 pmP.D. says:
Notice how the troll give no thoughtful dialogue? Just ‘Put a hold on him.’ What the Hell does it matter if the individual is gay? I don’t remember one interview I had where someone asked if I was straight or gay.
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February 9th, 2010 at 3:45 pmCG’s a homophobe. As far as I’m concerned USCKitty took care of him weeks ago. Notice how he only posts on the gay threads and only to leave a single vague comment?
Just assume that repugs will block as many nominees as they can, regardless.
Obama should follow tradition and take Schumer’s suggestion.
Today Obama appeared unannounced at the daily briefing and he suggested that if repugs don’t release some of the holds they have on his nominees, he is considering using recess appointments.
February 9th, 2010 at 3:45 pmIt’s fitting: their pizzas taste just as foul, stale, and malignant as Beck’s views.
February 9th, 2010 at 3:47 pmhopefully,
February 9th, 2010 at 3:50 pmthis guy will be a reccess appointment and a true “activist judge”. really give the cancervaturds something to piss and moan about.
Remember the iconic scene in Scanners, where the guy’s head explodes? That will be the typical right-wingers’ reaction to this.
February 9th, 2010 at 3:50 pmzxbe says:
Remember the iconic scene in Scanners, where the guy’s head explodes? That will be the typical right-wingers’ reaction to this.
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February 9th, 2010 at 3:53 pmWhaaaaaaat? A gay judge? NOOOO! WAHHHHHH…*head explodes*
Recess noms all ’round, then.
February 9th, 2010 at 3:57 pmYes, it will be interesting how Sen. Jimmy DeWimp responds to this: a nomination of a white gay male to the federal bench. Best believe his head will explode. Is he going to block Alter’s nomination as he is still blocking Demeo’s nomination?
And I have to agree with comment #4. It is illegal to deny anyone a job because of race and gender. Yet it is okay for the GOP to accept toe tapping Larry Craig as the Senator who went cruising in the Minnesota men’s bathroom for sex.
February 9th, 2010 at 3:59 pmIt’s a right-whiner conundrum that they refuse to consider, but constantly display in their lives.
For right-whiners, anyone who doesn’t swallow & regurgitate their talking-points wholesale will always let their private life dictate how they do their job.
On the other hand, however, only right-whining lemmings never let their personal life dictate anything, only they can keep their private and public lives seperate.
The sad thing is that this isn’t a snark. It’s the truth, the right-whiners live & breath a double standard, yet refuse to see it for the truth.
February 9th, 2010 at 3:59 pm“Great, now we have “glory holes” put in at the Supreme Court. ralph would just love that!”
why, “big john”, will your lips be waiting on the other side?
February 9th, 2010 at 4:00 pm#31 – Big John says:
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“Great, now we have “glory holes” put in at the Supreme Court.”
February 9th, 2010 at 3:58 pm
The funny part would be that you’d be there 24/7, hoping & praying that anyone would stick something through the hole for you to play with!
February 9th, 2010 at 4:00 pmSince we have extortionists and blackmailers in Congress, what’s the big worry about a gay judge?
February 9th, 2010 at 4:02 pmBig John, if you’re going to say something stupid and bigoted, at least TRY to stick to the topic at hand. This nominee is not for the Supreme Court. It’s for the Southern District Federal Court. They are totally different courts.
Jebus you’re a freaking idiot. I can’t believe you’ve managed to survive this long, what with your incredibly weak intellect. Especially considering your mantra:
Strong live/weak die
Or is that only applicable to 5-year old children with cancer?
February 9th, 2010 at 4:03 pm#37 – smidget (presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield) says:
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Big John wrote: Strong live/weak die
“Or is that only applicable to 5-year old children with cancer?”
February 9th, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Terry Schiavo. ‘Nuff said about the right-whiners doublr-standards.
February 9th, 2010 at 4:04 pmBJ, does your closet door have a glory hole?
February 9th, 2010 at 4:05 pmapparently, the only “big” thing about john is his mouth which, will be featured at the new glory hole he’s installing in the supreme court building.
February 9th, 2010 at 4:05 pmBJ, does your closet door have a glory hole?
No but I’m sure all the stalls in the barn have knotholes.
February 9th, 2010 at 4:06 pmRight on, Democrat Solider.
The most disgusting part of that, though, is that Big John actually posted that disgusting garbage.
February 9th, 2010 at 4:06 pm“Hoodathunk, why don’t you shut your “glory hole”?”
then where would your lips spend the day, johnny-boy?
February 9th, 2010 at 4:08 pmHoodathunk(sponsored by Scroomall Health Corp) says:
BJ, does your closet door have a glory hole?
No but I’m sure all the stalls in the barn have knotholes.
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February 9th, 2010 at 4:09 pmHe already admitted to riding cows…what you posted is just the next step.
The conservative talking heads at Fox and radio will be ranting about the nomination. But after the DADT hearing which left McCain and two other Senators arguing against repeal, I do not think the sexual preference is going to be the issue. It will be about Alter’s positions on certain issues such as gay rights and particularly his work with the anti-defamation organization, which will provide some cover to the bigots. However, he most likely has a great record as US Attorney so it is going to be hard to find a reason to stop the nomination. Alter is smart enough to keep his positions on other issues ambiguous. But that won’t stop Jeffrey Sessions.
February 9th, 2010 at 4:09 pmBig John says:
Hoodathunk, why don’t you shut your “glory hole”?
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February 9th, 2010 at 4:09 pmHey Big John if anyone here wanted any lip out of you…they’d unzip their pants.
Big John, weren’t you complaining that you’d sue us for libel and slander for showing that picture?
And now you’re making homophobic jokes about ralph. You stay classy, Olby Sucks.
My Lord, the kettle and pot have been calling each other black all day.
February 9th, 2010 at 4:11 pmLefty Liberal says:
bizarrobrain (Sponsored by Tysons chicken in a tube!) says:
Big John says:
Hoodathunk, why don’t you shut your “glory hole”?
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Hey Big John if anyone here wanted any lip out of you…they’d unzip their pants.
Sorry, count me out. I wouldn’t want any part of my anatomy to touch that diseased troll. EWWWWWWW
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February 9th, 2010 at 4:14 pmTrue. I guess the key word would be wanted…which I’m sure everyone here would rather be raked over a giant cheese grader and dipped into a vat of rubbing alcohol before doing anything with these trolls.
Big John says:
Hoodathunk, why don’t you shut your “glory hole”?
Well, there’s the intelligent comeback of the century. /snark
February 9th, 2010 at 4:14 pmI love reading this site when a troll like Big John shows just how ignorant he really is. This moron actually thought the only federal judges were Supreme Court justices.
Big John, you are too stupid to be posting online. You are too stupid to vote. You are too stupid to be an American. You are, however, just intelligent enough to be a Republican.
February 9th, 2010 at 4:16 pm#45 – Big John says:
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“Hoodathunk, why don’t you shut your “glory hole”?”
February 9th, 2010 at 4:08 pm
Yeah, there’s only space for ONE “glory hole” to be open on this topic, and it’s all Big Johns! He’s hoping and praying for steaming, creamy “constitutional judicialism” straight from the root of Justice Scalia to squirt on his face!
My pardon for the graphic nature of my post, but it’s only to highlight Big John’s prejudice and “straight into the sewer, bypass the gutter” mentality when it comes to any subject about gay people. Kinda makes one wonder why he does taht. Coul dit be that he’s trying to compensate for some un-resolved sexual urges towards his fellow man?
February 9th, 2010 at 4:17 pmRacistJohn
Shove a red hot poker up your ass till it breaks your teeth
February 9th, 2010 at 4:23 pmMark Koldys pays hookers for golden showers and scat breakfasts.
February 9th, 2010 at 4:46 pmIt’s funny watching someone named BJ get all sassy about glory holes.
February 9th, 2010 at 4:48 pmconservative guy says:
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Put a hold on him.
Let’s put a hold on your mouth…
February 9th, 2010 at 4:59 pmYou guys are threatening Joe DiMaggio’s 56 game streak…. another day and another “gay” story on this website. Uncanny. … Amazing how much run 1% of the population gets on this website. … I take it that more than 1% of the employees on this website are gay. … By the way, since when did sexual orientation matter to be a judge? Who gives a rip?
February 9th, 2010 at 6:43 pmMr Duke
YOU are threatening Timmehs stupidest troll in the known universe record. Your ignorance is fast becoming awe inspiring. Now STFU since you KNOW you are too stupid to be taken seriously
February 9th, 2010 at 6:44 pmBy the way, since when did sexual orientation matter to be a judge? Who gives a rip?
– The freaks that think their is some sort of coordinated “gay agenda” and that think gay marriage threatens nongay marriage in some real yet totally undefinable way… They are kooks? Some of these same oddballs think the president isn’t a citizen and that climate disruption is a global ponzi scheme orchaestrated by Danny Glover and the Pope who are puppets of Al Gore….
It is a mad mad mad world these folks live in….
February 9th, 2010 at 7:10 pmMarisa Demeo is simply a gay “Latina” – Latino woman doesn’t work – Latino is a man…
February 9th, 2010 at 7:12 pmWell, he’s not “openly”: gay but I have a feeling Justice Roberts is gay. I don’t care if he is. I just wish he could get outed as it would be very very interesting. I have no facts, just a feeling.
February 9th, 2010 at 7:16 pmWith all due respect to Sen. Schumer, Mr. Alter will not be the first openly gay judge in America. We have had openly gay judges in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, for awhile now.
February 9th, 2010 at 7:33 pmUm, no.
That would be Vaughn Walker, currently on the federal bench in San Francisco and hearing the case against Prop 8, the voter initiative that took away gay marriage rights.
February 9th, 2010 at 8:26 pmWith all his talk of glory holes, Big John seems desperate to “fit” in somewhere. But face it little guy, you’ll always be a misfit.
February 9th, 2010 at 9:05 pmMr.Duke says:
You guys are threatening Joe DiMaggio’s 56 game streak…. another day and another “gay” story on this website. Uncanny. … Amazing how much run 1% of the population gets on this website. … I take it that more than 1% of the employees on this website are gay. … By the way, since when did sexual orientation matter to be a judge? Who gives a rip?
Yes, when did sexual orientation matter to be anything? You CONS wanted to fire gay teachers, fire anyone gay, you support discrimination against anybody who might be perceived to be gay…Yet your last question gives me a faint glimmer of hope…but then again, you are you…and you don’t give me much hope…
The reason why “1%” (more like 10%) gets a “run” is that CONS like you have nothing better to do than to make the lives of gay people miserable with your pontificating about family values and how we’re secretly plotting with our overlords to destroy marriage, the United sTATES, our schools, our places of work, our restaurants, our bathrooms, our hotels, our train stations, our transportation networks, you name it…
February 10th, 2010 at 1:46 amAh, yes, bestiality – the love that dare not bark its name. ;)
February 10th, 2010 at 4:27 amWhy does the majority heterosexual 90% population of America hate the non-heterosexual 10%?
The 3-5% of self-admitted gay people are the major targets of the anti-American right-whiners, and this (I believe) is responsible for the rest of the gay & bisexual American population to be too afraid for their welfare to openly admit the truth about themsleves.
February 10th, 2010 at 1:24 pmHey Conservative Guy, I heard from reliable sources that you wear your sister’s dresses. Is that true?
February 11th, 2010 at 12:29 amBig John says:
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Hoodathunk, why don’t you shut your “glory hole”?
I heard from reliable sources that Conservative guy puts his dick in your “glory hole”. Is that true?
February 11th, 2010 at 12:32 amNotice how the troll give no thoughtful dialogue? Just ‘Put a hold on him.’ What the Hell does it matter if the individual is gay? I don’t remember one interview I had where someone asked if I was straight or gay.
February 15th, 2010 at 6:25 am