There are currently 15 open seats across the D.C. superior and Court of Appeals. Thirteen on the Superior Court side, two on the Court of Appeals. But why do the vacancies actually exist? The Commission has submitted names for every single one of those open seats. So the bottleneck is not the commission. It's the slow pace of nominations by the President and confirmations by the Senate. The Senate could solve this tomorrow. (19:34–19:40)
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Asserts that the Commission has submitted names for all open judicial seats.
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