US EditionGrassley says he was ‘offended’ and ‘disappointed’ by Trump’s insults
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump called on the leader of the Senate Judiciary Committee to set aside the long-standing blue slip practice and accelerate the approval process for his judicial nominees.
- Trump criticized the tradition for allowing home-state senators, especially Democrats, to block nominees, claiming Democrats had already abandoned this custom.
- Grassley, who chairs the Republican-majority Judiciary Committee and discontinued blue slips for circuit court nominees during Trump's first term, expressed offense at Trump's public pressure.
- Trump called on Grassley to act immediately, citing states like California and New York as places where the blockage harms efforts to appoint 'Highly Qualified Judges and U.S. Attorneys.'
- The dispute highlights ongoing Senate tensions over the blue slip process, which grants minority senators power to influence judicial nominations and continues despite past disruptions by both parties.
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Senate Republicans Debate Future Of Blue Slip Tradition Amid Confirmation Push
President Donald Trump called for the end of the Senate’s “blue slip” policy on Tuesday, renewing debate on the 108-year-old practice that grants senators a fundamental role in judicial confirmations for their home states. Trump pressed for Senate Judiciary Committee chair Senator Chuck Grassley to break with the blue slip tradition in a Truth Social […]
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The Albia NewspapersGrassley ‘offended’ by Trump jabs over Senate process for judicial nominees
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks to a crowd of about 100 in Denison on April 20, 2022. (Photo by Jared Strong/Iowa Capital Dispatch)U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley is defending a century-old process used for appointing federal judges after President Donald Trump criticized him and Senate Republicans for keeping it in place. Trump posted on Truth Social, his social media website, Tuesday that Grassley “could solve the ‘Blue Slip’ problem we are …
Trump tirade against Grassley irritates Republican senators
(The Hill) -- Republican senators were appalled by President Donald Trump’s rough treatment of 91-year-old Sen. Chuck Grassley (Iowa), the Senate’s most senior Republican, on social media and are pushing back on Trump’s attempts to squeeze the senator into abolishing an arcane procedure known as the Senate blue slip. GOP senators were not pleased that Trump piled so much pressure on Grassley, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, to get r…
Grassley 'offended' by Trump critique of Senate's 'blue slip' process - Radio Iowa
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is expressing frustration over one of President Trump’s social media posts. Trump said a tradition in the senate is keeping him from nominating “Highly Qualified” judges and federal prosecutors. So-called “blue slip” objections let senators block nominees from their home state. Trump said Grassley, as chairman of the powerful Senate Judiciary […]
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