The U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary is scheduled to vote Thursday on the nomination of Rochester attorney Elizabeth A. Wolford for a federal judgeship. The vote will be whether or not to send her nomination to the full Senate ...

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Leadership roles in various bar activities and 20 years of legal experience are among the qualifications Elizabeth A. Wolford listed in her questionnaire for consideration for nomination to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. Wolford ...

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Recent mass shootings, including the Aug. 5 killing of six people at a Wisconsin Sikh temple, have U.S. senators looking at ways to combat the threat of domestic terrorism. More than 400 people attended a hearing last week on “Hate ...

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The nomination of Monroe County District Attorney Michael C. Green is being forwarded to the full Senate for possible confirmation. The U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary agreed Thursday ...

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The record on Monroe County District Attorney Michael C. Green’s hearing for consideration for a federal judgeship will remain open for one week. The U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, which questioned Green and other candidates for other federal positions for more than an hour earlier this week, will schedule an executive meeting to consider whether to send Green’s nomination to the full Senate for confirmation.

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