White House withdraws gay appellate court nominee

[The Philosopher]

from the Washington Blade

The White House has withdrawn the nomination of an attorney who could have been the first openly gay person to sit on a federal appellate court, according to a notice posted late Thursday.

The nomination of Edward DuMont to the U S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was tagged as a “withdrawal sent to the Senate” amid seven other judicial nominees sent to Congress. A White House spokesperson didn’t respond to a request to comment on the withdrawal.

President Obama first nominated DuMont, an appellate litigation partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, to the position on April 14, 2010, but the Senate never took action on the nomination during the 111th Congress. Obama renominated him to the position this year, but his nomination never even saw a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. His nomination had languished for more than 18 months without the taking Senate taking action.

In place of DuMont, Obama announced in the same notice he was nominating “Richard Gary Taranto, of Maryland, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, vice Paul R. Michel, retired.”

Fred Sainz, vice president of communications at the Human Rights Campaign, said, “We’re confident that the White House will nominate — and the Senate will confirm — other well-qualified attorneys to the federal bench.”

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[47of74]

1. Come on White House, grow a set already...

...the Republicans are going to throw up roadblocks no matter who you nominate, so you might as well nominate DuMont.

[marmar]

2. Didn't he request that his name be withdrawn?

[monmouth]

3. I read that too. The nominee withdrew his own name..n/t

[Tx4obama]

4. DuMont requested Obama to withdraw his name/nomination

Edward DuMont, Out Gay Appeals Court Nominee, Asks Obama to Withdraw His Nomination

After waiting more than 18 months without even receiving a committee hearing on his nomination, Edward DuMont, a partner at the Wilmer Hale law firm, has asked President Barack Obama to withdraw his nomination to serve as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

As reported at Patently-O -- and earlier at law.com -- DuMont submitted a letter to the president on Nov. 4 asking that his nomination be withdrawn.

SNIP

http://www.metroweekly.com/poliglot/2011/11/edward-dumont-out-gay-appeals.html

[Tx4obama]

5. Unrec, due to the OP text being a misleading excerpt. n/t

[The Philosopher]

7. I suppose you're accusing me of attacking

someone with my "misleading excerpt," right? Who am I attacking? The White House or the Senate?

Also, we're not allowed to post full text of articles. If it's long enough, and usually the Blade has lengthy articles, I'll do cuts to provide as much info as I can. If the article is too short, I limit myself to the first four or five paragraphs. It's not an exact science how I decide to do it, but neither is clicking on the article and finding the same information you posted (after all, I did hint there was more info provided by clicking the link).

[MNBrewer]

8. Rec because YOU unrec'ed it

[xchrom]

6. Oh well such is (gay) life in America. Nt

[lamp_shade]

9. Unrec for misleading title. DuMont asked for his name to be withdrawn.