Nominees could tip regs court

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The Hill:

President Obama’s forthcoming push to seat three judges on one of the nation’s most influential benches holds major implications for high-profile fights over ObamaCare, financial reform and other policy priorities.

News that Obama would move at once to fill the vacancies on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (USCADC) met with praise from public interest and consumer groups, who have seen the panel as an obstruction in the path to important protections.

 

But Republicans and conservative-leaning groups derided the effort as a “court-packing” scheme intended to bolster the Obama administration’s executive might.

“It’s yet another exhibit in the case that the administration is out of control,” said Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, a conservative foundation that tracks legal issues.

Obama’s plan to simultaneously nominate three judges to the USCADC was first reported Tuesday by The New York Times, but it remains unclear how soon the president would announce the selections.