Jorge C. Rangel (born February 4, 1948) is a Texas lawyer and a former federal judicial nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
[1] On July 24, 1997, President Clinton nominated Rangel to a vacancy on the Fifth Circuit that had been created by Judge William Lockhart Garwood taking senior status.
[2] In addition, the U.S. Senate was controlled by Republicans during the balance of Clinton's second term, causing Rangel's nomination to languish.
Rangel waited more than a year for a hearing from the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, but never received one.
After the Senate adjourned in the fall of 1998, Rangel asked Clinton not to resubmit his name to the next session of Congress.