# H.R. 5125 (119th): District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act

District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act This bill terminates the District of Columbia (DC) Judicial Nomination Commission. Currently, the commission recommends to the President nominees for judges for DC's Superior Court and Court of Appeals, who must then be confirmed by the Senate. The commission also appoints the chief judges for these courts. The bill terminates the commission's involvement in nominations and requires the President to appoint the chief judges.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: district_of_columbia_governance. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: judicial_appointments. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: judicial_reform. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 274: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill is a structural governance change to judicial appointments. It reallocates nomination and chief-judge selection powers without directly advancing or restraining a named moral harm, so it combines ordinary prudential considerations about accountability and institutional design with no clear direct evil.
Theological note: The measure concerns how judges for a federal district are selected and how court leadership is appointed. Scripture gives civil authority a duty to administer justice with integrity and impartiality, and the relevant question is whether the revised appointment process supports accountable, lawful judicial governance. The text does not itself raise a direct moral evil, so the issue is primarily one of prudential governance.

## Recorded votes

Roll 274: On Passage. Yea 218 · Nay 211 · Other 3.

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