Alliance for Justice Decries Republican Obstruction of Joseph Greenaway

January 27, 2010, Washington, DC—Alliance for Justice today blasted Senate Republicans for holding up a highly qualified nominee.  Unopposed in the Senate Judiciary Committee, Judge Joseph Greenaway is nominated to a seat vacated by Samuel Alito four years ago.  A "hold" has been placed on his nomination. 

"Republicans again are putting politics ahead of placing qualified judges who will uphold our constitutional values on our nation's courts," stated Nan Aron, president of Alliance for Justice. 

Before his appointment to the United States District Court in New Jersey by President Clinton in 1995, Greenaway served as a litigator, prosecutor and in-house counsel. While on the federal bench, Judge Greenaway amassed a record and a reputation for taking the facts of each case one by one, without professing allegiance to a larger interpretational framework or ideology, and a willingness to both examine the nuances of individual cases and engage larger constitutional issues.

Greenaway was nominated by President Obama to the Third Circuit Court of Appeal on June 19, 2009.  If confirmed, Judge Greenaway would be only the 15th judge confirmed since the beginning of this Congress. 

»  Click here to view the Alliance for Justice's report on Joseph Greenaway (pdf)