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In February 1990, his second year at Harvard, he was elected president of the law review, a full-time volunteer position functioning as editor-in-chief and supervising the law review's staff of 80 editors. [65] Obama's election as the first black president of the law review was widely reported and followed by several long, detailed profiles. [65]
President Obama announces an agreement on the Iran nuclear deal, 14 July 2015. Iran and the United States have had a poor relationship since the Iranian Revolution and the Iran hostage crisis, and tensions continued during the Obama administration due to issues such as the Iranian nuclear program and Iran's alleged sponsorship of terrorism.
The officeholder is responsible for developing and promoting the legislative agenda of the president and coordinating with members of both houses of Congress. The legislative director, who is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the president, without the need for United States Senate confirmation, is usually given an office in the West ...
Following is a comprehensive list of all Article III and Article IV United States federal judges appointed by President Barack Obama during his presidency, as well as a partial list of Article I federal judicial appointments, excluding appointments to the District of Columbia judiciary. [1]
With Obama facing nearly certain victory in his U.S. Senate race against Alan Keyes at the time combined with an overwhelmingly positive reaction to his address, speculation grew about the possibility of a potential Obama candidacy for President of the United States in 2008 or later.
: On February 25, 2016, President Obama nominated Coggins to serve as a judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, to the seat vacated by Joseph F. Anderson, who took senior status on November 16, 2014. [291] On June 21, 2016, a hearing was held on his nomination. [292]
President Obama (right) retakes the oath of office from Chief Justice Roberts at the White House on January 21, 2009. President Obama and Chief Justice Roberts stand near a portrait of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, designer and an early Architect of the Capitol. Much public discussion arose about the errors in administering and reciting the oath.
On January 10, 2013, Jacob Lew, then the President's Chief of Staff was nominated as the replacement for retiring Treasury Secretary Geithner, to serve in President Obama's second term. [64] Lew's nomination was confirmed by the full Senate on Wednesday, February 27, 2013, by a vote of 71 to 26.