Under the provisions of the Constitution, one of the most important roles of the United States Senate is to advise and consent to presidential nominations. The Senate Judiciary Committee considers both executive nominations and judicial nominations. Nominations that fall under the jurisdiction of the Judiciary Committee include nominations to the federal courts, including the Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals, the U.S. District Courts, and the Court of International Trade, as well as several executive nominations within the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Commerce and others.

---

Robert E. Bacharach was reported to the Senate floor on February 7, 2013. Bacharach was nominated as a Circuit Judge to the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals on January 23, 2012 and again on January 4, 2013. A hearing on his nomination was held on May 9, 2012.

• Committee Questionnaire
  
  

---

Richard Gary Taranto was reported to the Senate floor on February 7, 2013. Taranto was nominated as a Circuit Judge to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on November 10, 2011 and again on January 4, 2013. A hearing on his nomination was held on February 29, 2012.

• Committee Questionnaire
  
  

---

Caitlin Joan Halligan was reported to the Senate floor on February 14, 2013. Halligan was nominated as a Circuit Judge to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on September 29, 2010, January 5, 2011, June 11, 2012, September 19, 2012, and again on January 4, 2013. A hearing on her nomination was held on February 2, 2011.

• Committee Questionnaire
  
  

---

Patty Shwartz was reported to the Senate floor on February 14, 2013. Shwartz was nominated as a Circuit Judge to the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals on October 5 2011 and again on January 4, 2013. A hearing on her nomination was held on February 15, 2012.

• Committee Questionnaire
  
  

---

Pamela Ki Mai Chen was reported to the Senate floor on February 14, 2013. Chen was nominated as a District Judge for the Eastern District of New York on August 2, 2012 and again on January 4, 2013. A hearing on her nomination was held on September 19, 2012. 

• Committee Questionnaire
  
  

---

Katherine Polk Failla was reported to the Senate floor on February 14, 2013. Failla was nominated as a District Judge for the Southern District of New York on June 26, 2012 and again on January 4, 2013. A hearing on her nomination was held on September 19, 2012.

• Committee Questionnaire
  
  

---

Andrew Patrick Gordon was reported to the Senate floor on February 14, 2013. Gordon was nominated as a District Judge for the District of Nevada on September 19, 2012 and again on January 4, 2013. A hearing on his nomination was held on December 12, 2012.

• Committee Questionnaire
  
  

---

Ketanji Brown Jackson was reported to the Senate floor on February 14, 2013. Jackson was nominated as a District Judge for the District of Columbia on September 20, 2012 and again on January 4, 2013. A hearing on her nomination was held on December 12, 2012.

• Committee Questionnaire
  
  

---

Raymond P. Moore was reported to the Senate floor on February 14, 2013. Moore was nominated as a District Judge for the District of Colorado on November 14, 2012 and again on January 4, 2013. A hearing on his nomination was held on January 23, 2013.

• Committee Questionnaire
  
  

---

Troy L. Nunley was reported to the Senate floor on February 14, 2013. Nunley was nominated as a District Judge for the Eastern District of California on June 26, 2012 and again on January 4, 2013. A hearing on his nomination was held on September 19, 2012.

• Committee Questionnaire
  
  

---

Beverly Reid O'Connell was reported to the Senate floor on February 14, 2013. O'Connell was nominated as a District Judge for the Central District of California on November 14, 2012 and again on January 4, 2013. A hearing on her nomination was held on December 12, 2012.

• Committee Questionnaire
  
  

---

Analisa Torres was reported to the Senate floor on February 14, 2013. Torres was nominated as a District Judge for the Southern District of New York on November 14, 2012 and again on January 4, 2013. A hearing on her nomination was held on January 23, 2013.

• Committee Questionnaire
  
  

---

Derrick Kahala Watson was reported to the Senate floor on February 14, 2013. Watson was nominated as a District Judge for the District of Hawaii on November 14, 2012 and again on January 4, 2013. A hearing on his nomination was held on January 23, 2013.

• Committee Questionnaire
  
  

---

Mark A. Barnett was reported to the Senate floor on February 14, 2013. Barnett was nominated as a Circuit Judge to the U.S. Court of International Trade on July 12, 2012 and again on January 4, 2013. A hearing on his nomination was held on September 19, 2012.

• Committee Questionnaire
  
  

---

Claire R. Kelly was reported to the Senate floor on February 14, 2013. Kelly was nominated as a Circuit Judge to the U.S. Court of International Trade on November 14, 2012 and again on January 4, 2013. A hearing on her nomination was held on January 23, 2013.

• Committee Questionnaire
  
  

---