[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 155 (Friday, November 7, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S11961]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                      Nomination of Stanley Marcus

  I am delighted that the majority leader has decided to take up the 
nomination of Stanley Marcus to serve as a judge for the Eleventh 
Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Marcus is a graduate of Queens College 
of the City University of New York and the Harvard Law School.
  Since 1985, Judge Marcus has served as a Federal district court judge 
for the Southern District of Florida. Prior to his Federal judgeship, 
Judge Marcus was employed as a special attorney, deputy chief and chief 
for the organized crime and racketeering section of the U.S. Department 
of Justice Detroit strike force.
  The committee received Judge Marcus' nomination on September 25, 
1997. He appeared before us during a nominations hearing on October 28 
and was reported favorably out of the Judiciary Committee on November 
6.
  I congratulate Judge Marcus and his family, and look forward to his 
service on the U.S. Court of Appeals. Additionally, I would like to 
commend my fellow committee members on the expediency of this 
nomination. If all judicial nominations were advanced as efficiently as 
Mr. Marcus', the vacancy crisis facing the Federal judiciary would be 
easily solved.

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