Until now, the seat was the nation’s longest circuit court vacancy. Obama nominated Victoria Nourse to the seat in July 2010. Nourse withdrew her nomination in early 2012, calling the system “broken.”Nourse had been recommended for the court seat by Wisconsin’s judicial nominating commission. Johnson then said the panel couldn’t put forward a 7th Circuit nominee until Obama nominated people to two other district court vacancies in the state. By January 2016, six years after the seat became empty, Obama nominated Donald Schott — one of the eight people chosen by the state panel.

Source: Huffington Post May 10, 2018 19:18 UTC