Just a FYI, that activist judge that gave that scathing ruling knocking out the marriage ban in Mich

[William769]

Was appointed by Ronald Reagan!

[Arugula Latte]

1. Love it!

[SoapBox]

2. Delicious!

[RKP5637]

3. K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[truebluegreen]

4. Damn those librul activist judges!...oh, wait....

[William769]

7. ...

[Takket]

5. Can't even describe how happy I am my state joined the 21st century!

...and for the record, I'm a happily married heterosexual.

Just saw on the news that Washtenaw County's clerk's office is handing out marriage licences starting at 9AM tomorrow! Folks want to start getting married first thing in the mornnig for fear our repuke attorney general's request for a stay on the ruling until further appeals can be heard may be granted monday morning

[William769]

6. Good to hear!

Thanks for sharing that.

[ScreamingMeemie]

8. Oakland County is as well!

A friend just posted it on facebook!

[sheshe2]

9. Kicked and Recommending!

Go Michigan!

Poor Ronnie, must he rolling over in his grave. Glad that we disturbed his sleep.

[William769]

11. I was so guilty of grave dancing on that one for years.

That bastard even refused to say the word AIDS let alone fund anything for treatment.

[Tx4obama]

10. And he assumed 'senior status' (which means semi-retired) in 2009 - A link to his Wiki BIO below...

Here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_A._Friedman

[William769]

12. Was that the seat that was recently filled by the African American lesbian?

I'm not sure how senior status works.

[Tx4obama]

14. See below...

When Friedman took senior status it left his seat vacant (Seat #3) and Obama appointed a new judge.
When a judge assumes senior status they go into semi-retirement and work part-time when they are needed.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_Michigan

Seat #3 holders past/present: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_Michigan#Succession_of_seats

Gershwin A. Drain now has Seat #3
Drain's BIO: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gershwin_A._Drain

I hope I explained it all okay.

[William769]

15. Thanks.

[Tx4obama]

16. About the African American lesbian nominee...

I found an article from January 17th, 2014 that mentions: Staci Michelle Yandle (Illinois)

President Obama’s latest nominees for the federal district court include Staci Michelle Yandle, who would become the first African American lesbian federal judge in two decades if confirmed, and two other groundbreaking nominees.

-snip-

Here: http://www.gavelgrab.org/?p=67900

But she hasn't been confirmed yet - her nomination is still pending in the Judiciary Committee waiting for a 'committee vote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Barack_Obama

IF it isn't Yandle that you were thinking of then maybe there's another one that I missed that could have been nominated and confirmed before her


Btw, regarding other openly gay federal judges...

When Obama took office there was only ONE openly gay 'federal' judge (that had been appointed by Bill Clinton).
Then in June 2013 there were SEVEN.
I can't find an article that has a list of the openly gay judges that have been confirmed from July 2013 to March 2014 - but I'm sure there are some.

June 13, 2013

On the day President Obama took office, there was only one openly gay judge with a lifetime appointment to the federal bench, Clinton appointee Deborah Batts, who took partial retirement last year. There are now seven. Earlier today, the Senate confirmed openly lesbian Judge Nitza I. Quiñones Alejandro to a federal district court in Pennsylvania. Judge Quiñones joins Judges Alison Nathan, Paul Oetken, Michael Fitzgerald, Michael McShane and Pamela Ki Mai Chen, all of whom are openly gay federal judges appointed by President Obama.

-snip-

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/06/13/2151741/there-are-now-seven-times-as-many-openly-gay-federal-judges-as-when-president-obama-took-office/

[Cha]

13. Yeah, not all repubs are

drooling moronic haters.

thanks for the info on the Judge, William!

[tofuandbeer]

17. Wow!