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The state Senate voted Tuesday to confirm the Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald's appointments of Jill M. Hasegawa and Joanna E. Sokolow to the District Family Court of the Third Circuit (Hawaii Island) and Gregory H. Meyers to the District…

The state Senate will convene a special session to review the judicial appointments of Jill M. Hasegawa and Joanna E. Sokolow to the District Family Court of the Third Circuit, Hawaii Island, and Gregory H.…

June 8, 2022 at 5:00 PM HST * Updated June 8, 3:09 PM The Hawaiʻi State Senate will convene a special session for the purpose of reviewing the judicial appointments of Jill M. Hasegawa and Joanna E. Sokolow to the District Family…

Washington — President Biden's first year in office set him apart from his five most recent predecessors with the swift pace of judicial confirmations by the evenly divided Senate, and his second year brought a historic bipartisan…

Legislation that would reform the state's judicial nominating process has won easy approval in the Oklahoma Senate. "This is an extremely important reform that I think most Oklahomans will…

The vacancies have been largely due to Senate inaction over the years, causing backlogs, increased workloads for overburdened judges, and delays for DC residents in resolving lawsuits, family disputes and criminal cases. The Senate, which…

The Hawaii State Senate will convene a special session to review six court appointments, including Kirstin Hamman in Maui's 2nd District Court. The process begins with a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on…

The State of Hawaii Senate today decided to ratify the Governors Circuit Court appointments of Clarissa Y. Malinao, Kevin T. Morikone and Shanlyn AS Park to First Circuit Court - Oahu; Kirstin M. Hamman in Second Circuit Court - Maui;…

The Hawaii State Senate took action on the two pending court appointments in its second special session in 2021 on Thursday. The first action the Senate took was to approve the appointment of Leslie Maloian to the First District…

Top Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee will pause President Biden's appointment of federal judges if they recapture a majority in 2022, several told The Post. "If the Republicans recapture the Senate, I will…