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Arlen Specter: “I am pleased to submit my very strong recommendation to my colleagues to confirm the nomination of Michael E. O'Neill…”

On the recordJune 23, 2008
I am pleased to submit my very strong recommendation to my colleagues to confirm the nomination of Michael E. O'Neill for the District Court for the District of Columbia. Michael O'Neill has an extraordinary record. He graduated summa cum laude from Brigham Young University and received his law degree from Yale Law School. He was editor of the Articles and Book Reviews of the Yale Law Journal; and Articles Editor of the Yale Journal on Regulation. He served as a law clerk to Judge David Sentelle and clerked for the Supreme Court of the United States for Justice Clarence Thomas.
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Recommending the confirmation of Michael E. O'Neill for the District Court for the District of Columbia.

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